The White House has notified Congress that it intends to sell $185 million in spare military parts to Ukraine. 

“The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to the Government of Ukraine of Class IX Spare Parts and related equipment for an estimated cost of $185 million,” a statement from the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) explained. “The Government of Ukraine has requested to buy Class IX spare parts in support of U.S. Army-supplied vehicles and weapon systems.”

The DSCA did not say whether Europe or Ukraine would pay for the parts. European countries have created a fund to buy American weapons for Kiev. The DSCA said the spare parts are an “urgent need” for Ukraine. 

The State Department approved the arms sale that President Donald Trump is attempting to negotiate a settlement to the war in Ukraine. US officials are mediating talks between the Ukrainian and Russian delegations in the UAE. 

On Monday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov suggested the talks were not going well. He said that Moscow views Washington’s current position on ending the war as breaking the agreement made between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last year. 

Lavrov explained on Tuesday that Russia was unwilling to make any territorial concessions in Ukraine. “The people of Crimea, Donbass, and Novorossiya have expressed their will through referendums,” he said on Tuesday. “We will complete the process of returning these historically Russian lands to their native harbor in full accordance with the aspirations of these people.”