The White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre has announced a new batch of US military assistance to Ukraine today, on 6 January 2022.
It is the biggest military assistance to Ukraine since the Russian large-scale invasion started in February 2022. The military aid package worth over $3,75 billion will include the following:
- 50 Bradley fighting vehicles
- 500 anti-tank missiles and 250,000 rounds of ammunition for armored personnel carriers
- 55 Mini-resistant ambush protected tactical vehicles (MRAP)
- 100 M113 armored personnel carriers
- 138 Humvees (High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles)
- 18 self-propelled howitzers
- 36 howitzers that fire 105-mm ammunition
- surface-to-air missiles, including RIM-7 Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft and anti-missile rockets
- ammunition for HIMARS (High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems), etc.
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This assistance comprises a $2,5 billion drawdown from stocks of the US Department of Defense, which will be provided to Ukraine immediately, and $225 million in Foreign Military Financing to build the long-term capacity and support modernization of Ukraine’s military, according to the White House. The military assistance also includes $622 million in Foreign Military Financing for European partners and allies of the United States to backfill donations of military equipment to Ukraine.
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