The US Department of Defense announces an additional $ 400 million in military aid to Ukraine
On November 4, local time, the U.S. Department of Defense announced a new batch of military assistance worth approximately $ 400 million to Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) . On the same day, the defense ministry released a statement stating that the weapons will be extracted from the defense ministry’s inventory and shipped to Ukraine.
The aid package includes funding for the refurbishment of HAWK air defense systems and armored vehicles, training and maintenance, as well as improved T-72B3 tanks and Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems, according to the statement.) And other weapons.
The United States has pledged more than $ 18.9 billion in military aid to Ukraine since US President Joe Biden took office, the statement said.
(Headquarters reporter Zhao Miao)
