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Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's forty-first drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This package, valued at up to $500 million, includes key capabilities to support Ukraine's counteroffensive operations, strengthen its air defenses to help Ukraine protect its people, as well as additional armored vehicles, anti-armor systems, critical munitions, and other equipment to help Ukraine push back on Russia's war of aggression.
The capabilities in this package include:
Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
Demolitions munitions and systems for obstacle clearing;
Mine clearing equipment;
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
30 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
25 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin anti-armor systems;
AT-4 anti-armor systems;
Anti-armor rockets;
High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
Precision aerial munitions;
Small arms and over 22 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
Thermal imagery systems and night vision devices;
Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair;
Spare parts, generators, and other field equipment.