The United States on Tuesday will announce another $1.2 billion military aid package for Ukraine, designed to meet its long-term defense needs.
About this, as he writesEuropean truth“, agency AP US officials said.
The new aid package will be announced as part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which provides arms funding over months or even years to meet Ukraine’s future security needs.
The aid package to Ukraine will include Hawk air defense systems, anti-aircraft munitions and air defense drones, according to US officials. Kyiv will also receive artillery, missiles, satellite imagery and ongoing maintenance funding and spare parts for various systems.
Including this package – the 38th in a row – US military assistance to Ukraine from February 2022 will amount to almost $37 billion.
Recall that the latest package of US military aid to Kyiv in the amount of $300 million announced May 3 and stood out by decree of the President of the United States from the stocks of American weapons.
It contains, among other things, additional ammunition for the US-provided HIMARS systems, additional howitzers, artillery and mortar shells, and anti-tank weapons that Ukraine uses to counter unprovoked Russian aggression.
2023-05-08 22:47:36
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