The Division of Protection (DoD) introduced two weapons packages for Ukraine on Monday, totaling $2.47 billion.
The primary of the 2, the Presidential Drawdown Authority bundle, with an “estimated value” of $1.25 billion, is supposed to “provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: missiles for air defense; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; and anti-tank weapons,” the DoD said in a press launch.
“In addition, DoD announced an approximately $1.22 billion Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) package to provide Ukraine with additional air defense, air-to-ground, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and other capabilities to fight Russian aggression.”
The help packages come because the nationwide debt tracker stands at greater than $36 billion as of Dec. 26.
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Ukrainian servicemen take part in a coaching train in Donetsk Oblast, Ukraine, on Dec. 15, 2024. (Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)
The DoD outlined the packages’ capabilities, together with missile methods, missiles, munitions, ammunition, anti-armor methods, medical tools and extra.
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President Biden welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the South Garden on the White Home in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 21, 2022. The Biden Administration introduced billions in safety help for Ukraine on Dec. 30, 2024. (REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque )
The Division of Protection introduced two weapons packages for Ukraine on Monday, totaling $2.47 billion. (Celal Gunes/Anadolu by way of Getty Photos)
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“This is the Biden Administration’s twenty-third USAI package and seventy-third tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021,” the assertion reads.
“The United States continues to work together with some 50 Allies and partners through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and its associated Capability Coalitions to provide the support Ukraine needs to prevail in its fight against Russian aggression.”
FOX Information’ Eric Revell and Liz Friden contributed to this report.
