US announces additional $725m in security assistance for Ukraine - Army Technology

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The US Department of Defense (DoD) has confirmed further security assistance worthy implicit $725m to equip Ukraine’s equipped forces with cardinal defence capabilities. 

The latest assistance bundle is the 23rd statesmanlike drawdown of instrumentality from DoD stocks for the war-torn federation since August 2021.

The assistance includes much ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), 23,000 155mm artillery rounds, 500 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds, 5,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) systems, and 5,000 anti-tank weapons.

Over 200 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs), high-speed anti-radiation missiles, tiny arms and astir 2,000,000 rounds of tiny arms ammunition on with aesculapian supplies are besides portion of the package.

In a statement, the DoD said the US and its allies volition proceed to supply the indispensable capabilities to assistance Ukraine support its sovereignty.

Since the onset of the Russian invasion, the US has pledged astir $17.6bn successful information assistance to Ukraine.  

The latest bundle follows Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting held precocious successful Belgium.   

As galore arsenic 50 nations committed to present aerial defence capabilities and different assistance to Ukraine. 

At the meeting, Canada announced its determination to present subject assistance worthy implicit $34.04m to Ukraine.   

As portion of the pledge, Germany donated the archetypal of 4 IRIS-T air-defence systems to assistance Ukraine support its citizens from Russian strikes.

Germany is besides expected to nonstop much MARS rocket systems and howitzers, portion Spain has vowed to present 4 HAWK launchers to bolster Ukraine’s aerial defence.