Pentagon reveals details of additional security assistance for Ukraine
The United State in the framework of the biggest tranche of security assistance for Ukraine, worth $2.98 billion, will send, in particular, six additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS).
Pentagon Press Secretary Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder said in a statement, Ukrinform reports.
“This announcement [of assistance] represents the beginning of a contracting process to provide additional priority capabilities to Ukraine in the mid- and long-term to ensure Ukraine can continue to defend itself as an independent, sovereign and prosperous state,” he said.
As noted, it is the biggest tranche of security assistance for Ukraine to date, which includes:
- Six additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) with additional munitions for NASAMS;
- Up to 245,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition;
- Up to 65,000 rounds of 120mm mortar ammunition;
- Up to 24 counter-artillery radars;
- Puma Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and support equipment for Scan Eagle UAS systems;
- VAMPIRE Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems;
- Laser-guided rocket systems;
- Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
The United States has committed more than $13.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since January 2021. In total, the United States has committed more than $15.5 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since 2014.
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