Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration’s sixty-seventh tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $425 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: air defense capabilities; air-to-ground weapons; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; armored vehicles; and anti-tank weapons.
The capabilities in this announcement include:
>Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS):
>RIM-7 missiles and support for air defense;
>Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
>Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
>Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.
The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and its associated capability coalitions to meet Ukraine’s urgently needed battlefield requirements and defend against Russian aggression.
mok000 on
Thank you, USA! 👍
Groundbreaking_War52 on
Humvees are nice but disappointed that they’re struggling to refurbish more advanced armored vehicles in useful numbers.
Having said that, the Bradleys that the US was supposed to be donating to Greece were supposedly in horrible shape so I would imagine the Army depot’s backlog of vehicles in need of updating is quite lengthy.
PoliticalCanvas on
Thank you. Really, thank you.
But after 3 years of ethnocide it would be much better if 100 USA pilots would be given Ukrainian citizenship and stated to launch 800 glide bombs (which USA have 550,000) per day from “Ukrainian” F-16 (undergoing temporary maintenance in Poland).
Or something from dozens of potential “old USA” options like this.
As it happens with Russian allies. Who launch against Ukrainian cities thousands of drones, hundreds of missiles, and already fighting against Ukrainians by own soldiers.
Feylin on
Great, but ultimately disappointing list of items. They do not provide Ukraine with further capability beyond defense and ammunition to continue fighting.
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Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration’s sixty-seventh tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $425 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: air defense capabilities; air-to-ground weapons; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; armored vehicles; and anti-tank weapons.
The capabilities in this announcement include:
>Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS):
>RIM-7 missiles and support for air defense;
>Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
>Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
>Air-to-ground munitions;
>155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
>Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles;
>Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
>High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
>Small arms and ammunition;
>Grenades, thermals, and training equipment;
>Demolitions equipment and munitions; and
>Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.
The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and its associated capability coalitions to meet Ukraine’s urgently needed battlefield requirements and defend against Russian aggression.
Thank you, USA! 👍
Humvees are nice but disappointed that they’re struggling to refurbish more advanced armored vehicles in useful numbers.
Having said that, the Bradleys that the US was supposed to be donating to Greece were supposedly in horrible shape so I would imagine the Army depot’s backlog of vehicles in need of updating is quite lengthy.
Thank you. Really, thank you.
But after 3 years of ethnocide it would be much better if 100 USA pilots would be given Ukrainian citizenship and stated to launch 800 glide bombs (which USA have 550,000) per day from “Ukrainian” F-16 (undergoing temporary maintenance in Poland).
Or something from dozens of potential “old USA” options like this.
As it happens with Russian allies. Who launch against Ukrainian cities thousands of drones, hundreds of missiles, and already fighting against Ukrainians by own soldiers.
Great, but ultimately disappointing list of items. They do not provide Ukraine with further capability beyond defense and ammunition to continue fighting.
It’s HIMARS o’ Clock