The US is sending Ukraine another $200 million in weapons and equipment as part of President Biden’s 44th military aid package for the country since Russia invaded the eastern European nation…
The package will include Patriot air-defense system munitions, 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, HIMARS ammunition, TOW missiles, Javelins and 120 mm ammunition for tanks, according to the Defense Department.– including 58 water trailers, 37 tactical vehicles and demolition munitions for obstacle clearing.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visiting a command post in Donetsk on August 14, 2023. The Biden administration has announced that another $200 million in military aid will be sent to Ukraine.Ukrainian soldiers fire a mortar firing a mortar towards Russian positions near Bakhmut on August 12, 2023.The latest package comes after the Pentagon discovered an accounting error had led to the over-valuation of previously dispatched tranches of military aid by about $6.2 million.
The latest Ukrainian military aid package will be the 44th from the United States since the war started.for Ukraine since Russia invaded on Feb. 24 2022. In total, those packages add up to about $43 billion, according to the Pentagon. Moscow has shown little interest in ending its war on Ukraine, continuing its deadly attacks on innocent Ukrainians and civilian infrastructure.
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