Biden administration authorizes $100 million more in Ukraine military aid

U.S. President Joe Biden looks on after delivering remarks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, U.S., May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Joe Biden's administration authorized $100 million of additional military aid to Ukraine on Thursday, the latest in a series of transfers to help Kyiv repel Russia's invasion, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.

The new transfers will be the tenth time that Biden has used his Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) to help Ukraine and would account for the $100 million remaining in that funding, which allows the president to authorize the transfer of excess weapons from U.S. stocks without congressional approval in response to an emergency.