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USA announces new $200 million military aid package for Ukraine

In particular, the new package includes new air defence systems.

USA announces new $200 million military aid package for Ukraine
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US Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin has announced a new $200 million military assistance package for Ukraine.

He made the announcement while opening a meeting of the Ukraine Defence Contact Group in the Ramstein format in Brussels today, 11 October.

"The United States is announcing a new $200 million security assistance package. It includes ammunition, new air defence systems that will be delivered to Ukraine soon. It also includes artillery and missiles, as well as anti-tank and anti-missile weapons," Austin said.

According to him, this will bring the total US commitment to Ukraine to $43.9 billion since the beginning of the war.

According to the Pentagon website, the capabilities in this package, valued at up to $200 million, include:

1. AIM-9M missiles for air defense;

2. Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) equipment;

3. Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);

4. 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;

5. Precision aerial munitions;

6. Electronic warfare equipment;

7. Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;

8. AT-4 anti-armor systems;

9. Small arms and more than 16 million rounds of small arms ammunition;

10. Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing; and

11. Spare parts, training munitions, maintenance, and other field equipment.

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