US ‘to send $275m in weapons’ in bid to bolster Ukraine pre-Trump

Ukrainian soldiers attend a training in Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine (Andriy Andriyenko/AP)

The Pentagon will send Ukraine at least $275m in new weapons, according to US officials.

The move comes as the Biden administration rushes to do as much as it can to help Kyiv fight back against Russia in the remaining two months before president-elect Donald Trump takes office.