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U.S. Announces $125 Million Security Assistance Package For Ukraine

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 23rd, 2024

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U.S. Announces $125 Million Security Assistance Package For Ukraine

HIMARS Photo: Lockheed Martin.

The Biden administration last Friday announced a new $125 million security assistance package for Ukraine that will drawdown from existing Defense Department stocks. The Presidential Drawdown Authority package includes counter-unmanned aircraft system equipment and munitions, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, TOW missiles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems, Humvee ambulances, small arms ammunition, medical equipment, demolitions equipment and munitions, and spare parts, other equipment, services, training, and transportation. “We will deploy this new assistance…

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