US announces new military aid package for Ukraine

The United States of America announced a new military aid package to Ukraine. The amount of assistance is currently not specified.

This was reported by Rubryka, referring to White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre during a briefing.

According to her, this is the seventh security aid package Biden has authorized to help Ukraine since he signed an amendment to the national security law in April.

"The Biden-Harris administration announces the allocation of a new significant package of assistance to Ukraine in the field of security at a time when the United States continues to support the defense of Ukraine against the invasion of the Russian Federation," noted the representative of the US administration.

The new package includes:

• missiles for Ukrainian air defense systems;
• ammunition for highly mobile artillery;
• missile systems;
• artillery shells and other critical means.

The new package also includes new funding that the US Department of Defense will use to purchase interceptors for the Patriot and NASAM air defense systems to help Ukraine protect its troops and cities from Russian air attacks.

As previously reported in the media, this package was provided as part of the US President's authority to withdraw weapons, ammunition, and equipment from US military warehouses to meet Ukraine's short-term needs.

The day before, it also became known that the package would contain ammunition for HIMARS artillery systems and other critical projectiles. American officials told reporters on condition of anonymity that cluster munitions would not be included in the package. However, the officials did not answer whether the aid will include ATACMS long-range missiles "for operational security reasons."