The US Announced to Send Another $800m Military Aid for Ukraine
The United States approximately doubled its military aid for the Ukrainian government Wednesday after President Joe Biden announced to approve another $800 million in arms for the war-torn country. Moreover, the announcement came some days after the Biden administration said it would deliver an additional $200 million worth of anti-aircraft, anti-tank defenses, and small arms. It brings the total American supply of defensive equipment for the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, to $2 billion over the last year.
US President Joe Biden announced to send an additional $800 million in military assistance to Ukraine. The recent announcement brings the total security assistance from the US to $1 billion in only last week. pic.twitter.com/LOSZ7A9J2o
Some hours before the Biden announcement, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered an emotional speech to Congress requesting more aid and assistance. On Saturday, the U.S. president directed $200 million in military assistance from his presidential drawdown authority. The remaining aid will come from a $13.6 billion aid package to Ukraine that Congress approved last week and divided into security and humanitarian assistance. The aid will take the form of direct transfers of military equipment from the U.S. Defense Department to the Ukrainian armed forces to help them defend their nation against Russian unjustified aggression.
Details of Recent Announced Biden Package
According to the White House recent fact sheet, the following equipment are part of the latest Biden government package:
Six thousand AT-4 anti-armor systems
Two thousand Javelin anti-armor missiles
One thousand light anti-armor weapons
Eight hundred Stinger anti-aircraft systems
One hundred Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems
Twenty-five thousand sets of body armor
Twenty-five thousand helmets
Seven thousand small arms for both civilian and military use (five thousand rifles, one thousand pistols, four hundred machine guns, four hundred shotguns, and hundred grenades)
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Previous U.S. Aid Committed to Ukraine
The following are the details of earlier United States aid committed to Ukraine:
Around twenty-six hundred Javelin anti-armor systems
More than six hundred Stinger anti-aircraft systems
Three military patrol boats
Two hundred machine guns and two hundred shotguns
Four counter-unmanned aerial systems (C-UAS) and counter artillery tracking radars
Approximately forty million rounds of small arms ammunition and more than one million grenades, artillery, and mortar rounds
Five Mi-17 helicopters
Two hundred grenade launchers and ammunition
Four counter-mortar radar systems
Military medical equipment to support treatment and combat evacuation
Seventy High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles and other vehicles
