The United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance for Ukraine to meet its critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration’s forty-first drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This package, valued at up to $500 million, includes key capabilities to support Ukraine’s counteroffensive operations, strengthen its air defenses to help Ukraine protect its people, as well as additional armored vehicles, anti-armor systems, critical munitions, and other equipment to help Ukraine push back on Russia’s war of aggression.
The capabilities in this package include:
- Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
Demolitions munitions and systems for obstacle clearing;
Mine clearing equipment;
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
30 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
25 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin anti-armor systems;
AT-4 anti-armor systems;
Anti-armor rockets;
High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
Precision aerial munitions;
Small arms and over 22 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
Thermal imagery systems and night vision devices;
Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair;
Spare parts, generators, and other field equipment.
The United States will continue to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with capabilities to meet its immediate battlefield needs and longer-term security assistance requirements.
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