The U.S. will provide Ukraine with lethal defensive systems as part of the U.S. assistance to Ukraine, as was stated by Ned Price, a representative of the U.S. Department of State, during Department press-briefing on April 21, 2021.
According to Mr. Price, the United States will continue to support strong partnership relations with Ukraine.
“Well, you know our commitment to Ukraine, our partnership with Ukraine, it’s deep. It is important to us. It’s enduring. That was the message that Secretary Blinken conveyed to his Ukrainian counterpart last week when we met with Foreign Minister Kuleba in Brussels,” the department's spokesman said.
He added that the U.S. will also continue supporting Ukraine in the field of security and defense to protect against Russian aggression.
“I will say that the United States has committed more than $2 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since 2014. Of course, that’s a sum that spans now three administrations. And we will continue working to provide the security assistance that Ukraine needs to defend itself against Russian aggression, and that includes lethal defensive systems based on our continuing assessment of what Russia – of what Ukraine may need," Mr. Ned stated.
Thus, U.S. lethal defensive systems would be handed over to Ukraine as a part of military assistance.