DOD announces $500 million aid package for Ukraine

The Biden administration today announced a $500 million aid package for Ukraine that includes air defense capabilities, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, anti-tank weapons and more.

The package is being provided under Presidential Drawdown Authority "as part of the surge of security assistance the president directed to put Ukraine in the best possible position."

The package would include:

• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) munitions;
• Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
• High-speed Anti-radiation missiles;
• Unmanned Aerial Systems;
• Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles;
• Humvees;
• Light tactical vehicles;
• Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment;
• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
• Tube-launched, Optically guided, Wire-tracked missiles;
• Small arms ammunition;
• Demolitions equipment and munitions; and
• Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training and transportation.

The package is the 72nd tranche of equipment to be provided from Defense Department inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. Under PDA, the United States transfers weapons directly to Ukraine.