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U.S. Approves $1.2 Billion In Weapons For Ukraine, DoD Confirms Kyiv Took Out Russian Missile With Patriot

By Matthew Beinart

Tuesday, May 9th, 2023

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U.S. Approves $1.2 Billion In Weapons For Ukraine, DoD Confirms Kyiv Took Out Russian Missile With Patriot

The Patriot air and missile defense system (Photo: Raytheon)

The U.S. has approved a new $1.2 billion weapons aid package for Ukraine, to include additional air defense systems and munitions as well as more 155mm artillery rounds The latest package includes equipment to be procured from industry using Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds, rather than drawn directly from existing Pentagon stockpiles. “When it comes to providing nearer term support, you've seen us use the [presidential drawdown authority] to draw down on existing capabilities and rush those capabilities to…

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