The United States of America has announced a new military aid package for Ukraine totalling $375 million. This is stated in a statement on the Pentagon’s website, Komersant ukrainskyi
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The aid package, which is almost double the amount of the last deliveries, includes artillery ammunition, air defence equipment, anti-tank missiles and other critical weapons and equipment that the US has already provided to Ukraine.
“This includes the authorisation of a Presidential Decision Authority (PDA) package valued at $375 million to provide Ukraine with additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including air-to-ground weapons, missile and artillery munitions, armoured vehicles and anti-tank weapons,” the statement said.
The new package includes, in particular:
- Air-to-ground ammunition;
- Ammunition for highly mobile artillery rocket systems (HIMARS);
- 155-mm and 105-mm artillery ammunition;
- TOW missiles (American heavy anti-tank guided missile – ed;
- javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;
- M1117 armoured security vehicles;
- Mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles (MRAP);
- Light tactical vehicles;
- Armoured bridge systems;
- Small arms;
- Patrol boats;
- Demining equipment and ammunition;
- Spare parts, support equipment, services, training and transportation.
The Pentagon also noted that this is the sixty-sixth tranche of equipment that the Biden administration will provide to Ukraine from the US Department of Defence warehouses starting in August 2021.
The US defence department added that the United States will continue to work with about 50 Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with the support it needs to win the war.