The United States has published footage of loading the 155-mm howitzers for Ukraine onto a transport aircraft.

Photos featuring the artillery systems were released on the Pentagon’s Twitter account.

The U.S. Department of Defense published several photos showing the process of loading the M777 155-mm towed howitzers onto the aircraft.

American howitzers will be handed over to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to defend against the Russian invaders.

.@USMC M777 towed 155 mm howitzers bound for Ukraine are loaded onto a @USAirForce C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at @March_ARB. pic.twitter.com/l4mNCiFnc5

— Department of Defense ?? (@DeptofDefense) April 27, 2022

“U.S. Marine Corps M777 towed 155-mm howitzers bound for Ukraine are loaded onto aircraft,” said the U.S. Defense Department in its statement.

It is noted that the artillery for Ukraine was loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at the Reserve Air Base in California.

This followed John Kirby, Pentagon’s Press Secretary sharing that more than half of the 90 American howitzers from the U.S. military assistance packages have already arrived in Ukraine.

Previously, during his visit to Kyiv on April 24, Lloyd Austin, U.S. Secretary of Defense stated that the American howitzers were already in Ukraine. It was reported that 18 howitzers have already arrived in Ukraine, and soon another 72 howitzers will follow.

It is reported that the training of 50 Ukrainian artillerymen was completed. A six-day course for the next 50 Ukrainian servicemen will be starting soon. The Ukrainian servicemen were instructed on how to operate the howitzers, and now they are expected to pass those skills over to other Ukrainian artillerymen.

As reported earlier, the United States will be allocating an additional $800 million military aid package to Ukraine.

Ukraine will be receiving 72 additional 155mm howitzers and 144,000 artillery rounds, 72 tactical vehicles to tow those howitzers, and 121 Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems from the U.S.

The M777 is a 155-mm howitzer with a manual charge and a rate of fire of up to five shots per minute. Depending on the type of projectile used, the howitzer has a range of 24 to 30 kilometers.