17.08.2023.

US allocates new package of weapons to Ukraine. What Armed Forces will receive

The U.S. Department of Defense has announced a new aid package to address Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This is stated on the Pentagon website on Monday, August 14.

The announced aid package is the forty-fourth tranche provided to Ukraine since August 2021, the Pentagon notes. It contains additional air defense ammunition, artillery and tank ammunition, anti-tank weapons, and other equipment to help Ukraine confront the aggressor state Russia.

The new U.S. USD 200 million military aid package includes:

  • additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
  • additional munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
  • mine clearing equipment and systems;
  • 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
  • 120mm tank ammunition;
  • Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
  • Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets;
  • 37 tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment;
  • 58 water trailers;
  • over 12 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
  • demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
  • spare parts, maintenance, and other field equipment.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on August 9, U.S. President Joe Biden agreed that the allies begin to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighters.