DOD sends $425M aid package to Ukraine

The Defense Department has announced the transfer of $425 million in U.S. weapons to Ukraine, including air defense interceptors, rocket and artillery munitions, armored vehicles and anti-tank systems.

The Presidential Drawdown Authority package announced Friday contains:

• Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS)
• Stinger missiles
• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) equipment and munitions
• Air-to-ground munitions
• Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)
• 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition
• Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles
• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems
• Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers
• Small arms and ammunition
• Medical equipment
• Demolitions equipment and munitions; and
• Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.

“The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and its associated Capability Coalitions to meet Ukraine's urgently needed battlefield requirements and defend against Russian aggression,” DOD said.

The action is the 69th PDA transfer to Ukraine since August 2021.