According to two U.S. officials, the United States is preparing to sign contracts for $6 billion worth of weapons and equipment for Ukraine. It will include Patriot systems, artillery ammunition, drones, anti-drone weapons, and air-to-air missiles to be installed on fighter jets. This was reported by Politico, according to UNN .
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According to the publication, the equipment is unlikely to arrive in Ukraine for several years, as the money is allocated under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which issues contracts to American defense firms for the manufacture of new equipment rather than drawing from current US stocks.
Responding to a request for comment, a Pentagon spokesperson said that the department had no reports of security assistance.
Context
Last month, the Biden administration secretly sent a long-range version of ATACMS to Ukraine for the first time in the war - and Kyiv has already used the weapon several times to strike deeply behind Russia's lines.
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