U.S President, Joe Biden instructed State Department to release up to $350 million in security support to Ukraine, according to CNN.

Russian President Vladimir Putin government began invasion of neighbouring Ukraine on Thursday.

Biden advised Secretary of State, Antony Blinken to release as much as $350 million in immediate assistance to security and defense.

CNN states that this was consisted of in a new memo released by the White House late Friday.

This is the third drawdown of money; previous orders have been for $60 million and $250 million, putting the total over the last year at over a billion dollars, according to an administration official.

The State Department is anticipated to issue its own declaration with more details soon.

This release follows a 40-minute call in between Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky earlier Friday, throughout which they went over “concrete defense help.”