USA
announced a significant new military aid package for Ukraine valued at $425 million usd. The package consists of the following:
- 200 Stryker APCs
- Vampire Counter UAS Systems
- AIM-9X Missiles (NASAMS)
- AIM-120 AMRAAM Missiles (NASAMS)
- Stinger Anti-Aircraft Missiles
- JDAMS / JSOW Munitions
- GMLRS (HIMARS)
- TOW Missiles (Bradleys)
- 155mm Artillery Shells
- 105mm Artillery Shells
- Javelin Anti-Armor Systems
- AT-4 Anti-Armor Systems
- Small Arms
- Small Arms Munitions
- Medical Equipment
- Demolitions Equipment and Munitions
- Spare Parts and Ancillary Equipment
- Services and Transportation
This is a substantial package and the type that the infuriates the Russians. The Ukrainians have used their Striker APCs extremely effectively and they were initially given 200 of them. Of those initial 200 they've lost 27 of them in combat, but a further 200 units gives Ukraine 370+ Strikers, by far the most they've ever had. At the same time, Russia is burning through their BMPs at an alarming rate they have no hope of replenishing. I've been calling for this type of package for a while so I'm glad the Americans are facilitating it.
Next up, we need to see a similar package with Bradley IFVs. Another 200-300 of them to help equip the additional 14 Brigades that Ukraine is in the process of preparing from their recent recruitment drive.
USA
now has approximately $4 billion usd worth of Presidential Drawdown Authority left that they can send Ukraine. The Biden Government has increased the frequency of the packages they're sending the Ukrainians as the elections nears. In case Trump wins, the Americans want to make sure they've sent all of the material that Congress has approved under PDA before the G7's $50 Billion loan takes over as the primary funding mechanism for the Ukrainian military.
Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine’s critical security and defense needs.
www.defense.gov