Pentagon Announces Over $2.3 Billion In Security Assistance To Ukraine: $2.2 Billion From USAI Funds
This funding will be used to purchase interceptors for PATRIOT and NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine.
WASHINGTON - The United States has announced over $2.3 billion in security assistance for Ukraine, $2.2 billion of which will be taken from Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.
According to the Department of Defense, “This includes the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package valued at up to $150 million to provide Ukraine with key capabilities, including: additional air defense interceptors; artillery and other fires, and anti-tank weapons”.
In addition to the $150 million, the statement said, “DoD is announcing a significant package of air defense interceptors using approximately $2.2 billion in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.
This funding will be used to purchase interceptors for PATRIOT and NASAMS air defense systems for Ukraine. As previously announced, the Biden Administration plans to accelerate delivery of these munitions by re-sequencing upcoming Foreign Military Sales deliveries for Ukraine.
As a result, Ukraine will be provided with the interceptors it urgently needs to protect its people and critical infrastructure against Russia's aerial attacks.”
It added, “The PDA package is the Biden Administration's sixtieth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021”.
US Assistance To Ukraine Since Russian Invasion Began: Timeline
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The capabilities in the PDA package include:
Missiles for HAWK air defense systems;
Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
81mm mortar rounds;
Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
Small arms ammunition and grenades;
Demolitions equipment and munitions;
Tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment;
Tactical air navigation systems and aircraft support equipment; and,
Spare parts, maintenance, and other field and ancillary equipment.
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