US to provide military aid to Ukraine worth an additional £775m

Volodymyr Zelensky was at the Elysee Palace in Paris for a meeting with Emmanuel Macron and Donald Trump (Michel Euler/AP)

The United States will provide nearly 1.0 billion US dollars (£780 million) more in longer-term weapons support to Ukraine, defence secretary Lloyd Austin said on Saturday.

The Biden administration is rushing to spend all the congressionally approved money it has left to bolster Kyiv before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.