DOD sending $125M weapons package to Ukraine

The Defense Department has announced a $125 million transfer of U.S. weapons to Ukraine, including air defense capabilities, multimission radars and anti-tank weapons.

The aid package being provided via Presidential Drawdown Authority contains:

• Stinger missiles;
• Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
• Multimission radars;
• Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles;
• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
• Humvee ambulances;
• Small arms ammunition;
• Demolitions equipment and munitions;
• Equipment to protect critical national infrastructure; and
• Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training and transportation.

“This announcement is the Biden administration's sixty-third tranche of equipment to be provided from DOD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021,” DOD said.

The aid announcement comes as Ukraine has launched a surprising cross-border attack on Russia's Kursk region.