The Defense Department has announced a $200 million aid package to Ukraine, coinciding with a Washington visit from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The capabilities in the package, funded via presidential drawdown authority, include:
- AIM-9M missiles for air defense;
- Air defense system components;
- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
- Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- More than 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
- Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
- Equipment to protect critical national infrastructure;
- Spare parts, generators, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.
DOD says it has around $4.5 billion in transfer authority remaining from Congress but only $1 billion to replenish U.S. weapons being sent to Ukraine.
Meanwhile, a $106 billion national security supplemental spending package remains stalled as Congress prepares to adjourn until January.