Air defence, drones, munitions, to be provided in security assistance package announced by U.S. on Wednesday
The United States on Wednesday announced additional security assistance of about $1.3 billion for Ukraine in its war with Russia, the package including air defence capabilities, drones and munitions.
The United States is using funds in its Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative program, which allow President Joe Biden’s administration to buy weapons from industry rather than pull from U.S. weapons stocks. The U.S. Department of Defense announced the aid a day after a virtual meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, allies assisting Ukraine as its forces press a counteroffensive against Russian troops occupying Ukrainian territory.The Pentagon has provided more than $10.8 billion in security assistance for Ukraine under the USAI in fiscal 2023, in seven separate tranches. The planned package would be the eighth. In the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2022, Washington put $6.
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