The US Department of Defence has announced the 66th military assistance package for Ukraine worth $375 million.
This is stated in a Pentagon statement.
It is being given to "provide Ukraine with additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs".
The package includes:
- Air-to-ground munitions;
- Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
- Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- M1117 Armored Security Vehicles;
- Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles;
- Light tactical vehicles;
- Armored bridging systems;
- Small arms;
- Patrol boats;
- Demolitions equipment and munitions;
- Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.
This is the Biden Administration's sixty-sixth tranche of equipment to be provided from Department of Defence inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.
The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners through the Ukraine Defence Contact Group and its associated capability coalitions to provide the support Ukraine needs to win the war.