U.S. to ship $250 million in weapons to Ukraine

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration introduced Tuesday it’s going to ship an extra $250 million in weapons and ammunition to Ukraine as a part of its ongoing assist of Kyiv’s counteroffensive.

The weapons shall be drawn from present U.S. stockpiles and can embrace mine-clearing gear, artillery and rocket rounds, ambulances and medical gear, amongst different objects and spare elements, in keeping with the State Department.

“The package will help Ukrainian forces on the battlefield and support its air defenses as Russia continues to launch brutal, brutal strikes against the people of Ukraine, including attacks this past week,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre mentioned Tuesday.

The State Department mentioned the package deal contained AIM-9M missiles for air protection, High Mobility Artillery Rocket System munitions, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition and greater than 3 million rounds of small arms ammunition.

The U.S. would have already run out of funding for the yr to offer extra stockpile gear to Ukraine however earlier this yr realized the Pentagon had overvalued the gear it had already despatched, which freed up an extra $6.2 billion in funding.

Ukraine has already acquired greater than $43 billion from the U.S. since Russia invaded final yr. Those funds have offered weapons methods like howitzers and hundreds of thousands of rounds of ammunition to battle again in opposition to the a lot bigger Russian navy. Due to the extreme and bloody land warfare, now in its 18th month, a lot of the ammunition and weaponry has already been used up.

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