The US announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid , including surface-to-air missile systems.
Ukrainian forces will also be provided with up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, the Pentagon said.
The new package includes two anti-aircraft systems known as Nasams, which the US will purchase from Norway. The same system is also used to protect the airspace around the White House and the Capitol in Washington.
A High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) rocket fired by US forces during live-fire exercises in the Philippines. Reuters
The Himars is a light multiple rocket launcher developed in the late 1990s. EPA
Himars rockets are fired during US military exercises in Morocco. AFP
Ukrainian soldiers ride on a vehicle carrying a rocket launcher in eastern Ukraine. AFP
A vehicle fires the Himars during combat training in Yakima, Washington state. The Olympian / AP
A soldier stands in the ruins of Mariupol's theatre, destroyed in Russian shelling. AFP
A Himars rocket launcher displayed at the 2021 Dubai Airshow. AFP
A Ukrainian soldier stands outside a school hit by Russian artillery in the village of Zelenyi Hai. AFP
US military personnel stand by a Himars vehicle during a defence show in Saudi Arabia. AFP
A US Himars is unloaded during military exercises in Latvia. EPA
Ukrainian soldiers embedded in a trench on the front line in the Lugansk region. AFP
The US government “recognises Norway’s co-operation to enable the historic provision by the United States of modern air defence systems that will help Ukraine defend against Russia’s brutal air attacks”, a statement from the Pentagon said.
It will also provide additional ammunition for medium-range rocket systems that it provided to Ukraine in June, known as the High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (Himars) and four additional counter-artillery radars.
This is the 14th military weapons and equipment package to be sent to Ukraine from US Defence Department stocks since August 2021.
The US has provided more than $8.8 billion worth of weapons and military training to Ukraine, with about $6.9bn sent since Russia’s invasion on February 24.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
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Updated: July 01, 2022, 8:31 PM