Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine

View Online IMMEDIATE RELEASE Biden Administration Announces Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine Sept. 6, 2024 Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs.  This announcement is the Biden Administration's sixty-fifth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.  This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $250 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: air defense missiles; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; armored vehicles; and anti-tank weapons. The capabilities in this announcement include: RIM-7 missiles and support for air defense; Stinger missiles; Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition; Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles; Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems; Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles; M113 Armored Personnel Carriers; Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) Vehicles; Small arms ammunition and grenades; Patrol boats; Maritime training equipment; Demolitions equipment and munitions; and Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.   The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and its associated capability coalitions to meet Ukraine's urgently needed battlefield requirements and defend against Russian aggression.

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