The U.S. Department of Defense has announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine worth about $125 million. The package will include air defense equipment, ammunition, radars and anti-tank weapons. The equipment will be provided from Pentagon warehouses under the Special Presidential Authorization (PDA) program. This is stated on the website of the US Department of Defense.
The equipment included in the new package will include:
- Stinger missiles;
- Ammunition for HIMARS;
- 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
- Multifunction radars;
- TOW tube-launched missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;
- High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWV);
- Small arms ammunition;
- Explosive equipment and munitions;
- Critical national infrastructure protection equipment;
- Spares, support equipment and transportation.
The Pentagon noted that this tranche is the 63rd since the Biden administration began supplying equipment from the Department of Defense's inventory in August 2021.
The U.S. State Department also emphasized that this is the tenth aid package to Ukraine since President Biden signed the National Security Supplemental Appropriations Act in April of this year.
"We will provide this new assistance as quickly as possible to strengthen Ukraine's defense of its territory and people. As President Biden has made clear, the United States and the international coalition we have assembled will continue to stand with Ukraine", said U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.