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​The US is Giving Ukraine New Aid Package, including Stinger, Rockets for HIMARS

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Pallets containing ammunition, explosives and other supplies bound for Ukraine are loaded onboard an aircraft during a foreign military sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware / Photo credit: USAF Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez
Pallets containing ammunition, explosives and other supplies bound for Ukraine are loaded onboard an aircraft during a foreign military sales mission at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware / Photo credit: USAF Staff Sgt. Marco A. Gomez

The new package of military aid to Ukraine, worth about $125 million, includes air defense equipment, radar stations and ammunition etc.

The US Department of Defense announced an additional package of military aid to Ukraine. The package worth about $125 million includes air defense capabilities; multi-mission radars to detect and counter enemy artillery; and anti-tank weapons.

This is stated on the website of the Pentagon.

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Ltd. of the new aid package are included

  • • Stinger missiles;
  • Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
  • 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
  • Multi-mission radars;
  • Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles;
  • Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
  • High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV) ambulances;
  • Small arms ammunition;
  • Demolitions equipment and munitions;
  • Equipment to protect critical national infrastructure; and
  • Spare parts, ancillary equipment.

The aid package also included other "services, training, and transportation".

The US is Giving Ukraine New Aid Package, including Stinger, Rockets for HIMARS, M142 HIMARS multiple rocket launcher, Defense Express
M142 HIMARS multiple rocket launcher / Photo credit: U. S. Department of Defense

The aid is the 63rd sixty-third tranche of equipment to be provided from US DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This announcement is the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which allows the US to supply weapons to Ukraine from its own warehouses.

As Defense Express reported earlier, Pentagon Had Been Keeping Calculating Ukraine Aid Wrong, Losing Billions of Dollars in Process

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