The Biden Administration has announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine worth approximately $1.7 billion..This includes a Presidential Drawdown Authority package (a mechanism that allows the President of the United States to quickly provide military assistance and supplies to foreign nations in emergency situations without requiring congressional approval) valued at $200 million, providing Ukraine with air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems, artillery, and anti-tank weapons..Additionally, $1.5 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds will be used to enhance Ukraine's air defenses, firepower, anti-tank capabilities, and electronic warfare equipment..In an official release, the US Department of Defense listed the material to be sent:.Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);Short-/medium-range air defense munitions;RIM-7 missiles for air defense;Electronic Warfare equipment;Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;120mm mortar rounds;Precision aerial munitions;Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;Small arms;Explosives material and demolitions equipment and munitions;Secure communications systems;Commercial satellite imagery services; andSpare parts, maintenance, sustainment support, and other ancillary equipment..This is the Biden Administration's 20th USAI package and 62nd tranche of equipment for Ukraine since August 2021.
The Biden Administration has announced a new security assistance package for Ukraine worth approximately $1.7 billion..This includes a Presidential Drawdown Authority package (a mechanism that allows the President of the United States to quickly provide military assistance and supplies to foreign nations in emergency situations without requiring congressional approval) valued at $200 million, providing Ukraine with air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems, artillery, and anti-tank weapons..Additionally, $1.5 billion from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds will be used to enhance Ukraine's air defenses, firepower, anti-tank capabilities, and electronic warfare equipment..In an official release, the US Department of Defense listed the material to be sent:.Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);Short-/medium-range air defense munitions;RIM-7 missiles for air defense;Electronic Warfare equipment;Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;120mm mortar rounds;Precision aerial munitions;Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;Small arms;Explosives material and demolitions equipment and munitions;Secure communications systems;Commercial satellite imagery services; andSpare parts, maintenance, sustainment support, and other ancillary equipment..This is the Biden Administration's 20th USAI package and 62nd tranche of equipment for Ukraine since August 2021.
