for ukraine because of its transportation links. and what we are seeing is a direction of travel in the east, which won't be changed overnight despite the arrival of this sizeable american offering of weapons. this us aid is actually part of a larger $4 billion package worth a total of $95 billion for key american allies around the world — including taiwan. israel will receive $26 billion — of which $9.1 is for humanitarian needs. matthew savill is director of military service at rusi — that's the �*royal united services institute' think—tank. he gave more detail on the military aid package to both ukraine and israel. well, a big chunk of this appears to be about replenishing and indeed expanding israel's integrated air and missile defence systems. we, of course, don't know the full