Biden White House to send $1.25 billion in weapon aid to Ukraine before Trump transition: report

The large package of aid includes a significant number of munitions, including for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems and the HAWK air defense system. The package will also include Stinger missiles and 155 mm and 105 mm artillery rounds.

The officials are expected to make the announcement on Monday, the Associated Press reported.

The Biden administration has been committed to giving Ukraine as much aid as possible before Trump takes office in January.

Trump also said he would end the war before even entering office without offering further details. Vance suggested earlier this year that the best way to end the war was for Ukraine to cede the land Russia has seized and for a demilitarized zone to be established, a proposal Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy flatly rejected. 

This latest announcement marks the administration's 22nd aid package through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. 

"It is not the place of Joe Biden to make that decision now," Johnson previously said. "We have a newly elected president, and we're going to wait and take the new commander in chief's direction on all that. So, I don't expect any Ukraine funding to come up now."