The latest package is valued at $400 million and is drawn solely from the Presidential Withdrawal Authority funding, which means the US is sending weapons directly from the US weapons stockpile.
The $400 million package includes four additional missile systems, additional ammunition for those systems, three tactical vehicles to “recover equipment, support Ukrainian repair efforts, resupply while the fight continues,” 1,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, destructive ammunition, counter-battery systems and spare parts and other equipment, the official said.
The 1,000 rounds of 155 mm artillery ammunition that the US is providing Ukraine in this package is a “new type” of ammunition that the US has not provided to Ukraine before, the official added.
“It has greater precision, it offers Ukraine precision targeting, precision targeting capabilities, it will save ammunition, it will be more effective because of the precision, so this is a further development in our support for Ukraine in this battle for Donbass, said the clerk.
The U.S. has provided Ukraine with a total of 12 highly mobile artillery missile systems with the commitment for those additional four systems, the official said. A senior military official said “over 100” Ukrainians have been trained on the systems so far.
Reports that the Russians had destroyed two highly mobile artillery missile systems were false, the official added.
“Those that have already been provided are fully accounted for, the Ukrainians are still using them in the fight,” the official said.
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