The United States has provided Ukraine with a $250 million military aid package, the Pentagon website reports.
“This announcement marks the fifty-fourth tranche of assistance that the Biden administration will provide to Ukraine from the Department of Defense’s stockpile beginning in August 2021,” the statement said.
The new aid package includes additional air defense equipment, artillery ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and other equipment to help Ukraine counter Russian aggression.
In particular, the package includes
– additional ammunition for NASAMS air defense systems;
– Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
– air defense system components;
– additional ammunition for HIMARS;
– artillery shells of 155 mm and 105 mm caliber;
– optically tracked and wire guided tube-launched missiles (TOW);
– Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;
– more than 15 million rounds of ammunition for small arms;
– explosive ammunition for clearing obstacles;
– spare parts, medical equipment, maintenance and other support equipment.
