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US President Joe Biden announced Sunday a new weapons package for Kyiv, as he met his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in Hiroshima.
Biden said the package would include "ammunition, artillery, armored vehicles" -- days after giving allies the okay to transfer advanced F-16 jets to Ukraine.
"Together with the entire G7, we have Ukraine's back and I promise we're not going anywhere," Biden told Zelenskiy.
In the meeting, Biden stressed his country's readiness to help build Ukraine's long-term capacity to defend against and deter Russian aggression, the White House said.
To that end, Biden discussed US support for a joint effort with allied and partner nations to train Ukrainian pilots on fourth-generation fighter aircraft such as the F-16, it said.
Zelenskiy thanked the United States for the new package, and for the financial assistance of $37 billion to date, his office said.
Zelenskyy urges G7 leaders to back 'peace formula'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed G7 leaders in Hiroshima on Sunday, calling for a "peace formula" to end the country's war with Russia.
"We're united by one more principle — rationality," he said in the address, which was posted to the president's website.
"We always act practically protecting our values. And the Ukrainian Peace Formula is an obvious expression of rationality. I thank you for supporting our Formula."
Zelenskyy then held a separate session with leaders from India, Brazil, Vietnam and Indonesia to try to win support from non-western nations, many of whom have stayed neutral due to close ties with Russia.
On Saturday, he held one-to-one talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the talks.
