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The US Defense Department has approved a new supply of air defence systems, armoured infantry fighting vehicles, and equipment for Ukraine.
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The new package of security assistance for Ukraine includes security assistance valued up to $425 million and $1.75 billion in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.
The 3 February announcement includes High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems ammunition, 155mm artillery rounds, 120mm mortar rounds, 2,000 anti-armour rockets, demolitions munitions, 250 Javelin anti-armour systems, and Claymore anti-personnel munitions.
Supplied equipment will include 181 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles, 190 heavy machine guns with thermal imagery sights, and ammunition to counter unmanned aerial systems and cold weather gear, helmets and field equipment.
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said the USAI package includes ordnance to give long-range fire capability in aiding Ukraine’s defence.
“Everyone continues to watch with horror as Russia conducts aerial bombardment on civilian targets throughout Ukraine,” he said.
“We’ve been focused on several key areas in the last few months to support Ukraine, specifically air defence capabilities, armour capabilities, long-range fires capabilities, and then combined with training in order to enable them to have the ability to conduct combined arms operations.”
The US Defense Department USAI will also provide two HAWK air defence firing units, anti-aircraft guns and ammunition, integration equipment for Western air defence launchers, missiles and radars, air defence generators, counter-unmanned aerial systems, four air surveillance radars, 20 counter-mortar radars, spare parts for counter-artillery radars, Puma unmanned aerial systems, precision-guided rockets, secure communications equipment, medical supplies, and funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
The United States has committed more than $32 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since 2014, with more than $29.3 billion contributed since Russia’s full-scale invasion on 24 February 2022.
