New $200 million military aid package from the US: the Pentagon says it will be given to Ukraine
Kyiv • UNN
The United States announces a new $200 million military aid package for Ukraine, including air defense systems, artillery, anti-tank weapons, and more than 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition.
The new package of military support to Ukraine of military support to Ukraine from the United States includes air defense systems, artillery ammunition, anti-tank weapons and other military equipment worth $200 million. UNN reports this with reference to the US Department of Defense.
Details
Ukraine will receive from the United States as part of a new aid package:
- AIM-9M missiles for air defense;
- air defense system components;
- additional ammunition for highly mobile artillery
- 155-mm and 105-mm artillery shells;
- High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARM);
- optically guided missiles (TOW);
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;
- more than 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
- obstacle clearance ammunition;
- equipment for the protection of national infrastructure infrastructure;
- spare parts, generators, maintenance and other auxiliary equipment.
In close cooperation with with our allies and partners, the United States continues to support Ukraine's immediate needs on the battlefield, including the capabilities necessary to to protect Ukrainian civilians and infrastructure from Russia's continued from Russia's continued air attacks
The US Department of Defense also noted, that it is extremely important that Congress approves the President's supplemental national security request as soon as possible on national security, so that "Ukraine can consolidate and expand its military successes."
Assistance to Ukraine's security remains a wise investment in our national security. security. It deterred potential aggression elsewhere in the world while strengthening our defense industrial base and creating highly skilled jobs for the American people. jobs for the American people
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