US to provide Ukraine with additional $1.2 bln military support package

On May 9, the United States plans to allocate another package of military aid to Ukraine in the amount of 1.2 billion dollars, ensuring its long-term defense needs.

This is reported by the AP agency, citing American officials.

As the publication notes, the new aid package will be announced within the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative framework. It provides for the financing of weapons in the perspective of months or even years to ensure the future needs of Ukraine in the security field.

US officials emphasize that the aid package for Ukraine will include the following:

• Hawk air defense systems,
• anti-aircraft ammunition,
• drones for air defense.

In addition, the Ukrainian Defense Forces will receive the following:

• artillery,
• rockets,
• satellite images,
• financing of current maintenance,
• spare parts for various systems.

Considering this package, which is the 38th in a row, US military aid to Ukraine from February 2022 will amount to almost 37 billion dollars.

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It should be noted that the last package of American military aid to Kyiv in the amount of 300 million dollars was announced on May 3 and was allocated by the decree of the President of the United States from the stocks of American weapons.

It contains, among other things, additional ammunition for US-provided HIMARS systems, additional howitzers, artillery and mortar rounds, and anti-tank weapons that Ukraine uses to counter unprovoked Russian aggression.