Washington, Wednesday 31 May 2023 20:55
The United States of America (USA) has announced another military aid package for Ukraine. Its cost is estimated at approximately $300 million.
“Today, the Ministry of Defense announced the provision of additional security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs,” the ministry said in a statement.
The Pentagon specifies that new weapons are provided to Ukraine from US stocks.
Thus, the Ukrainian defenders will receive:
- additional ammunition for Patriot air defense systems;
- AIM-7 missiles for air defense systems;
- Avenger air defense systems;
- anti-aircraft systems Stinger;
- additional ammunition for HIMARS;
- 155 mm and 105 mm artillery shells;
- 105 mm tank ammunition;
- precision-guided aviation munitions;
- Zuni aircraft missiles;
- ammunition for unmanned aircraft systems;
- anti-tank systems AT-4;
- over 30 million small arms cartridges;
- demining equipment and systems;
- ammunition to destroy obstacles;
- night-vision devices.
The United States will continue to work with its allies and partners to ensure Ukraine is equipped to meet its immediate battlefield needs and long-term needs for security assistance.
Recall that the previous $375 million package was announced on May 21 at a meeting between US President Joe Biden and Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Tokyo.
It included additional ammunition for HIMARS, Javelin anti-tank systems, bridge systems, medical armored vehicles and more.
Since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion, American partners have provided Ukraine with $37.3 billion in military aid.
It was also reported that British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak next week will go to Biden to negotiate military assistance for Ukraine.
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2023-05-31 17:55:01
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