US announces $1.2 billion in additional military aid for Ukraine
The United States has announced a new 1.2 billion US dollar military aid package for Ukraine that will include air defence systems, conventional artillery and counter-drone ammunition, satellite imagery services and funding for military training.
In the package announced on Tuesday, Ukraine will also receive technology to allow the integration of Western air defence launchers, missiles and radar with Ukraine's native air defence systems.
'The Russians have launched waves of missiles into Ukraine, whose military has been adept at knocking them down,' the US Department of Defense said in a statement. 'The package also contains ammunition to shoot down unmanned aerial systems.'
So far in the financial year 2023, which runs from October 1 previous year to September 30, the US Department of Defense has provided 5bn dollar in security assistance to Kyiv under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative in four separate tranches. In fiscal 2022, the US spent 6.3bn dollar worth of these funds.
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