The White House has announced that the US will provide Ukraine with an additional package of security assistance worth $270 million.
According to a factsheet issued by the Department of Defence, the new round of aid includes four “High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems” (HIMARS) and additional ammunition for the HIMARS, four command post vehicles, 36,000 rounds of 105mm ammunition, 3,000 anti-armor weapons as well as up to 580 “Phoenix Ghost” tactical unmanned aerial systems, Xinhua news agency reported.
Part of the package, totaling $175 million, will be approved directly by President Joe Biden under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), the Pentagon said, with the remaining $95 million coming from the Department of Defence-led Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds.
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While weapons approved by the PDA are drawn directly from existing Pentagon stocks, the USAI is an authority under which the US government procures weapons from the industry via contracts.
The newly announced package brings the total US commitment to security assistance for Ukraine to approximately $8.2 billion since the start of the Biden administration, according to the factsheet.
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