The Biden administration is committing another $500 million for a security assistance package that includes more than three dozen armored vehicles as the counteroffensive plods forward.
The drawdown package comes as Ukraine's armed forces are in roughly week three of theirand are making slow progress against Russian troops. Tuesday's announcement includes 30 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and 25 Stryker armored personnel carriers, both of which are key to helping the Ukrainians advance.
About 15% of the 113 Bradleys the U.S. has provided so far have been damaged or destroyed, according to U.S. officials. The U.S. has downplayed the significance of videos surfacing online showing damage to vehicles provided by the U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austinthe Russians have probably shown the same image in different ways to try to make it appear that more of the military vehicles have been damaged, but officials have said that losses were to be expected, which is why the U.S. and allies have spent so much money training the Ukrainians on how to maintain and repair the provided equipment.
A Joint Light Tactical Vehicle sits at the Tactical Operation Center as the 2nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team participates in Operation Steel Eagle on March 31, 2022 in Fort Carson, Colorado. Tuesday's drawdown also includes more artillery rounds, Javelins, Stingers and more munitions for the previously provided high mobility artillery rocket systems and Patriot air defense battery.
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