US President Joe Biden authorized the allocation to Ukraine of a new batch of weapons in the amount of $2.5 billion, which includes armored vehicles and air defense equipment. The US Department of State announced this on January 19, 2023.
Source: US Department of State
“This package, which totals $2.5 billion, will bring total US military assistance for Ukraine to an unprecedented approximately $27.5 billion since the beginning of the Administration,” noted the US Department of State.
According to the US Department of Defense, this aid package includes:
- Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS).
- Eight Avenger air defense systems.
- 59 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles (IFVs) with 590 TOW anti-tank missiles and 295,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition.
- 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) with 20 mine rollers.
- 53 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs).
- 350 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs).
- 20,000 155mm artillery rounds.
- Approximately 600 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds.
- 95,000 105mm artillery rounds.
- Approximately 11,800 120mm mortar rounds.
- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
- 12 ammunition support vehicles.
- 6 command post vehicles.
- 22 tactical vehicles to tow weapons.
- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs).
- Approximately 2,000 anti-armor rockets.
- Over 3,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition.
- Demolition equipment for obstacle clearing.
- Claymore anti-personnel munitions.
- Night vision devices.
- Spare parts and other field equipment.
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