WASHINGTON, United States
The U.S. government on Monday announced additional military assistance to Ukraine worth 725 million U.S. dollars to meet the urgent need of the country at war with Russia.
Weapons in the latest package
include air defense capabilities, munitions for rocket systems and artillery,
and anti-tank weapons, among others, according to a press release from the
Department of Defense.
The provision followed President Joe Biden's announcement on Sept. 26 that his administration would provide another significant package of urgently needed weapons and equipment to Ukraine.
“This announcement is the Biden Administration's seventy-first 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 $725 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including: air defense capabilities; munitions for rocket systems and artillery; and anti-tank weapons.”
The weapons will be provided
under previously exercised Presidential Drawdown Authority from Department of
Defense stocks, the Department of State said in its version of the
announcement.
The assistance has been
reported by news outlets based on anonymous sources prior to Monday's formal
announcements from the defense and state departments.
It coincided with the Biden
administration's reported request for Ukraine that it lower the recruitment age
from 25 to 18 to make up for the loss of manpower on the battleground.
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