Since August last year, this is the eleventh batch of weapons Washington has moved to Kyiv, the U.S. Department of Defense said.
US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, June 1, approved a new $ 700 million military aid package for Ukraine. The Pentagon announced the contents of this package.
As indicated, since August last year, this is the eleventh batch of weapons provided by Washington to Kyiv. These include:
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highly mobile artillery rocket systems and ammunition;
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five anti-artillery radars;
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two air surveillance radars;
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a thousand Javelin and 50 command and launch modules for them;
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six thousand anti-tank weapons;
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15 thousand artillery shells of 155-mm caliber;
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four Mi-17 helicopters;
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15 tactical vehicles;
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spare parts and equipment.
“The United States continues to work with its allies and partners to recognize and empower Ukraine to meet its changing demands on the battlefield,” the Department of Defense said in a statement.
We will recall, on the eve of Biden announced the transfer of modern missile systems in Ukraine. The media wrote that we were talking about a mobile rocket artillery system HIMARS with ammunition with a range of up to 70 or 80 kilometers, and they took the word from Ukraine not to fire them on Russian territory.
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Source: korrespondent
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