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.