The US will provide Ukraine with new weapons as part of the latest military aid package, APA reports citing RBC Ukraine.
This includes air defense systems, among other provisions, announces US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
According to Blinken, the package is valued at $500 million. It includes:
- counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) munitions;
- ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);
- Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);
- High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
- light tactical vehicles;
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) protective equipment;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- Tube-launched, Optically guided, Wire-tracked (TOW) missiles;
- small arms ammunition;
- grenades and training equipment;
- demolition equipment and munitions;
- spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.
After the presidential election, the US administration began announcing military aid packages to Ukraine more frequently. This shift was prompted by the victory of Donald Trump in the elections, who may stop supplying weapons to Ukrainian defenders.
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