The Ukrainian forces have been successfully using various precision artillery systems to try and hold off Russian forces and take back territory Moscow has gained. The aid package also includes 1,500 anti-tank missiles, 1,000 javelin missiles and an undisclosed number of high-speed, anti-radiation or HARM missiles that target radar systems. has provided howitzer ammunition in the past, but this is the first time it will send 16 of the weapon systems. It is the 19th time the Pentagon has provided equipment from Defense Department stocks to Ukraine since August 2021. military aid to Ukraine to about $10.6 billion since the beginning of the Biden administration. This latest aid comes as Russia’s war on Ukraine is about to reach the six-month mark.
is looking to help shape and arm the Ukrainian force of the future as the war drags on. for the first time Friday said it will give Ukraine Scan Eagle surveillance drones, mine-resistant vehicles, anti-armor rounds and howitzer weapons to help Ukrainian forces regain territory and mount a counteroffensive against Russian invaders.Ī senior defense official told reporters that a new $775 million aid package will include 15 Scan Eagles, 40 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles known as MRAPs with mine-clearing rollers, and 2,000 anti-armor rounds that can help Ukraine troops move forward in the south and east, where Russian forces have placed mines.
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