Pentagon sends new US$2.5B military aid package to Ukraine, including armoured vehicles – National | 24CA News
The United States mentioned on Thursday it could ship a whole lot of armored autos plus rockets and artillery shells to Ukraine as a part of a $2.5 billion navy help bundle.
The bundle consists of 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers, 53 mine-resistant ambush protected autos and 350 excessive mobility multipurpose wheeled autos, the U.S. Defense Department mentioned in a press release.
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The 59 Bradleys included within the newest U.S. bundle come after a earlier 50 introduced earlier in January. The armored Bradley has a strong gun and has been utilized by the U.S. Army to hold troops round battlefields because the mid-Eighties.
The newest help additionally consists of further ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), eight Avenger air-defense methods, tens of 1000’s of artillery rounds and about 2,000 anti-armor rockets, the Defense Department mentioned.
In complete, the United States has dedicated greater than $27.4 billion in safety help to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February final 12 months.
Western allies have pledged billions of {dollars} in weapons for Ukraine. Fearing winter will give Russian forces time to regroup and unleash a serious assault, Ukraine is pushing for extra help to fight Moscow’s invasion.
In his journey to Washington in December, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy instructed the U.S. Congress that help to Ukraine is an funding in democracy, and never charity, whereas urgent for continued American help.
(Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Washington; Editing by Diane Craft and Bradley Perrett)
