US announces new military aid package for Ukraine: What it includes
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken (photo: Getty Images)
The US will provide Ukraine with new weapons as part of the latest military aid package. This includes air defense systems, among other provisions, announces US Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
According to Blinken, the package is valued at $500 million. It includes:
- counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) munitions;
- ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);
- Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);
- High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
- light tactical vehicles;
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear (CBRN) protective equipment;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- Tube-launched, Optically guided, Wire-tracked (TOW) missiles;
- small arms ammunition;
- grenades and training equipment;
- demolition equipment and munitions;
- spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.
US aid to Ukraine
After the presidential election, the US administration began announcing military aid packages to Ukraine more frequently. This shift was prompted by the victory of Donald Trump in the elections, who may stop supplying weapons to Ukrainian defenders.
As US Secretary of State Antony Blinken assured, President Joe Biden plans to spend all the funds allocated by Congress for military aid to Ukraine by the end of his term in office.
Specifically, on December 2, the Pentagon announced a military aid package for Ukraine, which included weapons worth $725 million.
The package included ammunition for NASAMS air defense systems, ammunition for HIMARS, drones, landmines, and more.
Earlier, Blinken emphasized that NATO countries would not allow Russian President Vladimir Putin to use winter as a weapon against Ukraine. This statement came after Russia's massive strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure.
