The Pentagon announced new military aid for Ukraine worth one billion dollars. What will it include?
- Author:
- Oleg Panfilovych
- Date:
The US Department of Defense has released a list of weapons that will be part of the latest $1 billion military aid package.
This is stated on the website of the Pentagon.
The USA will send Ukraine:
- additional ammunition for HIMARS;
- 75 thousand shells for 155-mm artillery;
- 20 mortar systems of 120 mm caliber and 20 thousand shells for them;
- ammunition for NASAMS anti-aircraft missile systems;
- 1,000 Javelin anti-tank systems and hundreds of AT4 anti-tank systems;
- 50 infantry fighting vehicles;
- Claymore anti-personnel ammunition;
- C-4 explosives, blasting munitions, and blasting equipment;
- medical supplies, including first aid kits, dressings, and other equipment.
It is noted that this is the largest one-time package of military aid from the United States. The Pentagon emphasizes that the package includes a significant number of types of ammunition, weapons, and equipment that the Ukrainian people "use so effectively to defend their country."
- On July 27, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin approved the treatment of wounded Ukrainian soldiers at the US military hospital in the German city of Landstuhl.
- On August 1, the Pentagon announced an additional package of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of $550 million. It includes 75 thousand units of ammunition for 155 mm artillery and an undisclosed amount of additional ammunition for HIMARS.