United States Announce Military Aid package for Ukraine

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced an additional military aid package for Ukraine.

The press release on the issue was published on the website of the DoD.

The additional aid package is designed to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs.

This announcement is the Biden Administration’s sixty-third 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 $125 million.

The capabilities in this announcement include:

• Stinger missiles;
• Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
• Multi-mission radars;
• Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles;
• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
• High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) ambulances;
• Small arms ammunition;
• Demolitions equipment and munitions;
• Equipment to protect critical national infrastructure; and
• Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.

“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 statement reads.

Militarnyi reported on the allocation of the previous military aid package from the United States in late July.

The cost of the previous aid package was estimated at $200 million, and included anti-aircraft missiles, ammunition, electronic warfare systems, and commercial satellite imagery services.

As previously reported, the Lithuanian Ministry of National Defense is preparing an additional military aid package for Ukraine, which will be delivered in August.

Lithuania will transfer military equipment, anti-aircraft systems, transport and logistics equipment, as well as some old weapons.