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US Announces $2.6 Billion Weapons Package for Ukraine

• https://www.activistpost.com by Dave DeCamp

The package includes $500 million in the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows President Biden to ship weapons to Ukraine directly from Pentagon stockpiles. The other $2.1 billion will go toward purchasing new equipment for Kyiv that could take months or years to deliver, a program known as the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).

The funds for the new weapons are still being drawn from the $45 billion Ukraine aid bill Congress passed in December. So far, the US has authorized about $113 billion to spend on the war.

According to the Pentagon, the Drawdown Authority package includes to following:

Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems

Additional ammunition for HIMARS

155mm and 105mm artillery rounds

120mm mortar rounds

120mm and 105mm tank ammunition

25mm ammunition

Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles

Approximately 400 grenade launchers and 200,000 rounds of ammunition

11 tactical vehicles to recover equipment

61 heavy fuel tankers

10 trucks and 10 trailers to transport heavy equipment

Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair

Spare parts and other field equipment


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