The U.S. Department of Defense has released details of another military assistance package to Kyiv worth about USD 400 million, the allocation of which was previously approved by President Joe Biden.
This is stated in a message on the website of the Department, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
“Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-seventh tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package has an estimated value of USD 400 million and includes capabilities to support Ukraine's most urgent battlefield requirements, including air defense, artillery rounds, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons,” the U.S. DoD said.
The capabilities in this announcement include:
- Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
- Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
- Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
- Equipment to integrate Western launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine's systems;
- Additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and ammunition;
- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
- Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
- M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;
- Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles;
- Trailers to transport heavy equipment;
- Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- Precision aerial munitions;
- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
- Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
- Demolitions munitions and equipment for obstacle clearing;
- Coastal and riverine patrol boats;
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment; and
- Spare parts, training munitions, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.
“The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners to ensure Ukraine's brave defenders receive the critical capabilities needed to fight Russian aggression,” the Pentagon concluded.
According to a memo made public on the White House website on May 10, U.S. President Joe Biden instructed the Secretary of State to send up to USD 400 million in military assistance to Ukraine.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, at the end of April, U.S. Department of Defense spokesman Patrick S. Ryder said that the United States has begun the process of transferring to Ukraine some types of weapons, ammunition and military equipment.
On April 24, U.S. President Joe Biden signed a law that provides for almost USD 61 billion in additional military and economic assistance to Ukraine.
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