Washington: The United States on Wednesday announced an additional tranche of security assistance to Ukraine worth nearly 3 billion US dollars, the largest one-time weapons aid to Kyiv that came as the Russia-Ukraine conflict reached the half-year mark.
According to a break- down by the Department of Defense (DoD), items in the newly-announced package include six additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) with additional munitions for NAS AMS, up to 245,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, up to 65,000 rounds of 120mm mortar ammunition, up to 24 counter-artillery radars, Puma Unmanned Aerial System s (UAS) and support equipment for Scan Eagle U AS systems, “Vampire” counter-UAS systems, as well as laser-guided rocket systems.
The DoD said in the statement that the weapons will come from contracts with arms manufacturers- ers, with the DoD tapping congressionally approved money appropriated for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative to purchase them.
