Jake Sullivan, an adviser to US President Joe Biden, said that the US side plans to hand over medium and long-range air defense systems to Ukraine. According to him, they will be included in the next package of military assistance.
This was stated by Sullivan during the G7 summit, writes The New York Times.
He said that the package will include advanced air defense, but did not specify which ones. He added that the package would also include "something else that is urgently needed", including ammunition for artillery systems.
The newspaperʼs sources said that the United States would hand over NASAMS anti-missile systems to Ukraine to hit air targets at a range of 20 km (up to 40 km in the latest versions). The United States will announce this new aid this week.
- On June 27, President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the leaders of the G7 summit with a request to provide Ukraine with air defense systems, impose additional sanctions against Russia and provide security guarantees. Zelensky also asked for assistance in exporting grain from Ukraine and assistance in rebuilding the country.