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U.S. Details New $1.7 Billion Weapons Aid Package For Ukraine

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, July 29th, 2024

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U.S. Details New $1.7 Billion Weapons Aid Package For Ukraine

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The U.S. has approved $1.7 billion in new security assistance for Ukraine, with plans to provide more air defense interceptors, additional munitions and artillery rounds and “commercial satellite imagery services." The weapons aid announced Monday is split between $200 million in equipment to be transferred from existing Pentagon inventories using Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) and $1.5 billion in capabilities to be procured from industry using Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) funds. “This is the Biden Administration's twentieth USAI package and…

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