Biden approved the allocation of $725 million in military aid to Ukraine. What will it include?
- Author:
- Oleg Panfilovych
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US President Joe Biden approved the allocation of $725 million in new military aid to Ukraine.
This is reported by the White House.
Biden signed a decree directing $725 million in military aid to Ukraine. Funds will be allocated to items of defense purpose, services of the Ministry of Defense and training of the military.
According to a message on the Pentagon website, this aid package will include:
- additional ammunition for highly mobile artillery rocket systems (HIMARS);
- 23 thousand 155-mm artillery shells;
- 500 high-precision 155-mm artillery shells;
- 5 thousand 155-mm rounds for remote anti-tank mine (RAAM) systems;
- 5 thousand units of anti-tank weapons;
- high-speed anti-radar missiles (HARM);
- more than 200 high-mobility multi-purpose wheeled vehicles (HMMWV);
- small arms and more than 2 million ammunition for them;
- medical devices.
- Total American military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion is about $16.8 billion.