“US Provides $300 Million in Military Aid to Ukraine: Patriot Missiles and More”

$300 million. This is the amount of the new tranche of military aid released by the United States to Ukraine, the Pentagon announced in a press release. The US Department of Defense said it would immediately provide, from its stocks, additional missiles for air defense systems Patriot already in possession of kyivas well as for Himars artillery systems.

Ukraine will also receive, in the short term, Avenger and Stinger short-range anti-aircraft systems, shells for its artillery and tanks, as well as millions of balls of various ammunition for its soldiers.

The new arms shipment, which brings US aid to kyiv to $37.6 billion since the invasion began in February 2022, comes as Russia increases the bombardments of major Ukrainian cities. kyiv, for its part, has announced that it is preparing a counter-offensive.

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