U.S. Approves New $400 million Security Assistance For Ukraine

Washington D.C./26.07.23/Turan:  The Biden administration on Tuesday approved a new security assistance package for Ukraine worth $400 million, TURAN's Washington correspondent reports.

"The people of Ukraine continue to bravely defend their country against Russia's aggression while Russia continues its relentless and vicious attacks that are killing Ukrainian civilians and destroying civil infrastructure," Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement announcing the arms package.

The weapons included in the latest package are:

- Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, or NASAMS

- Stinger anti-aircraft systems

- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS

- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds

- 120mm and 60mm mortar rounds

- 32 Stryker armored personnel carriers

- Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided or TOW missiles

- Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets

- Hornet unmanned aerial systems

- Hydra-70 aircraft rockets

- Tactical air navigation systems

- Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing

- Over 28 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades

- Night vision devices and thermal imagery systems

- Spare parts, training munitions and other field equipment

Alex Raufoglu