The package includes additional air defense missiles, various ammunition, including air-to-ground, equipment for the F-16 fighter and much more.
The United States has allocated another military aid package to Ukraine in the amount of $500 million. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said this at the opening of the 25th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on Thursday, January 9.
“I am announcing today a new aid package… worth $500 million,” the Pentagon chief said.
According to Austin, the package includes additional air defense missiles, various ammunition, including air-to-ground, equipment for the F-16 fighter and others.
Earlier, the media reported that the Joe Biden administration will announce its latest military aid package to Ukraine at Ramstein.
Let’s remember that on December 30, the United States announced a package of defense assistance to Ukraine in the amount of almost $2.5 billion It provided for the transfer to Ukraine of weapons and equipment from the Pentagon stockpile in the amount of $1.25 billion, as. as well as placing orders for new weapons in the amount of $1.22 billion within the framework of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
Since the start of the full Russian invasion in 2022, the total cost of US military aid to Ukraine is $66 billion.
Source: korrespondent
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