US pledges USD 425 million to Ukraine, defence package includes armoured vehicles, anti-tank weapons
armoured vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.
In a statement, the Pentagon said, «The Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defence needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's sixty-ninth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.»
It added, «This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $425 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including air defence interceptors; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; armoured vehicles; and anti-tank weapons.»
The announcement by the US includes munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS); stinger missiles; Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) equipment and munitions; air-to-ground munitions; ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition; tube-launched, optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles; javelin and AT-4 anti-armour systems; stryker armoured personnel carriers; small arms and ammunition; medical equipment; demolitions equipment and munitions; and spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.
Notably, the defence package announcement by the United States comes after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday revealed that approximately 10,000 North Korean soldiers are currently in Russia, with around 8,000 deployed in the Kursk region.
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