4 November 2022
On November 4, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced astir $400 cardinal successful further information assistance for Ukraine nether the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).
This USAI bundle underscores the continued U.S. committedness to supporting Ukraine by gathering their astir urgent needs, portion besides gathering the capableness of Ukraine’s Armed Forces to support its sovereignty implicit the agelong term.
Unlike Presidential Drawdown authorization (PDA), which DoD has continued to leverage to present instrumentality to Ukraine from DoD stocks astatine a historical pace, USAI is an authorization nether which the United States procures capabilities from industry. This announcement represents the opening of a contracting process to supply further precedence capabilities to Ukraine. Capabilities include:
- Funding to refurbish HAWK aerial defence missiles for inclusion successful aboriginal Presidential Drawdown packages;
- 45 Refurbished T-72B Tanks with precocious optics, communications, and armor packages;
- 1,100 Phoenix Ghost Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
- 40 Armored Riverine Boats;
- Funding to refurbish 250 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles;
- Tactical unafraid communications systems and surveillance systems; and
- Funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
In total, the United States has present committed much than $18.9 cardinal successful information assistance to Ukraine since the opening of the Biden Administration. Since 2014, the United States has committed much than $21 cardinal successful information assistance to Ukraine and much than $18.2 cardinal since the opening of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal penetration connected February 24.
Through some PDA and USAI, DoD continues to enactment with Ukraine to conscionable some its contiguous and longer-term information assistance needs. With Russia’s unrelenting and brutal aerial attacks connected Ukrainian civilian captious infrastructure, further aerial defence capabilities are critical. Funding to refurbish HAWK missiles volition complement Spain’s caller committedness of HAWK launchers to assistance Ukraine conscionable this threat.
The overhauled T-72B tanks included successful this bundle are portion of a trilateral, coordinated effort with the Netherlands and Czech Republic. Alongside the United States, the Netherlands volition supply 45 further T-72B Tanks with the enactment of the Czech Ministry of Defense and successful practice with Czech industry.
Together with our Allies and partners, our efforts volition assistance Ukraine proceed to beryllium palmy contiguous portion gathering the enduring spot of Ukraine’s forces to guarantee the continued state and independency of the Ukrainian people.
By U.S. Mission Poland | 7 November, 2022 | Topics: Events, Military Cooperation, News
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