“I am authorizing our 40th drawdown for Ukraine, which will provide $325 million worth of US arms and equipment. This security assistance package includes critical air defense capabilities, additional munitions for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, artillery rounds, anti-tank weapons, armored vehicles, and other equipment essential to strengthening Ukraine’s forces on the battlefield,” Blinken said in a statement.
The package is the second one over the course of the last week. On Friday, the Biden administration announced a $2.1 billion military aid package featuring munitions for air defense systems and drones.
American TV channel reported on Monday that Ukraine has lost at least 16 US-supplied Bradley infantry armored vehicles in the first days of Kiev’s counteroffensive in southern Ukraine which represents nearly 15% of the 109 vehicles supplied by Washington.