The new package is expected to include nearly 100 Stryker combat vehicles and at least 50 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles. Both vehicles are similar to tanks, but have less armor and smaller gun…
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Details of the package come ahead of the Friday meeting of the Pentagon-led Ukraine Defense Contact Group, which brings together defense leaders from more than 50 nations each month to coordinate resources for the war-torn country. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin frequently times major military aid announcements to the group’s monthly meetings.Ukrainian soldiers carrying a wounded soldier to a hospital in the Donetsk region on Jan. 9, 2023.
While those needs include a steady supply of air-defense and artillery capabilities, the upcoming fight will require armored weaponry, necessitating the Bradleys, Strykers and British Challenger tanks, a senior US official said Wednesday.
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