Key Takeaways
- The US will provide Ukraine with a new $500 million military aid package.
- The package will include artillery munition, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) munitions, and protection equipment for chemical, biological, and nuclear threats.
- US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced the new military aid package for Ukraine’s Kiev.
Kyiv: The US will provide Ukraine with an additional military aid package worth $500 million, State Secretary Antony Blinken said on Friday.
“As part of the surge in security assistance that President Biden announced on September 26, the United States is providing another significant package of urgently needed weapons and equipment to our Ukrainian partners… This additional assistance, provided under previous drawdowns from Department of Defence stocks, is valued at $500 million,” Blinken said in a statement.
The package will include artillery munition, Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) munitions, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), as well as protection equipment for chemical, biological, and nuclear threats.
