24 August 2024, Saturday, 15:16 1101

Ammunition for HIMARS and artillery shells: Pentagon details new USD 125 million aid package from US

Editor: Daria Zubkova

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On the eve of Ukraine's Independence Day, the US Department of Defense announced the provision of additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs.

This is stated in a message on the website of the Pentagon.

The estimated cost of the aid package is USD 125 million. It included air defense equipment, ammunition for missile systems and artillery, as well as anti-tank weapons.

The list includes:

- equipment and ammunition for combating unmanned aerial systems (c-UAS);

- ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS);

- 155-mm and 105-mm artillery ammunition;

- anti-tank guided missiles (TOW);

- Javelin and AT-4 anti-tank systems;

- high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicle (HMMWV);

- ammunition for small arms;

- medical equipment;

- equipment and ammunition for undermining works;

- spare parts, auxiliary equipment, services, training and transportation.

"As Ukraine prepares to celebrate its Independence Day on August 24 - more than two and a half years after the start of the Kremlin's full-scale invasion - the United States and an international coalition of some 50 Allies and partners remain committed to supporting the brave defenders of Ukraine, who continue to fight against russian aggression," the Pentagon emphasized.

As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held a telephone conversation with US President Joseph Biden, as a result of which it became known about the allocation of a new package of defense support.