DOD announces $725M aid package for Ukraine

The Defense Department will be sending $725 million in military aid to Ukraine, including additional ammunition for long-range artillery systems.

The aid package, first announced Friday night, is being provided via presidential “drawdown” authority and will be transferred directly from U.S. stocks. It is the 23rd such transfer to Ukraine since August 2021.

The package includes:

- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)

- 23,000 155 mm artillery rounds

- 500 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds

- 5,000 155 mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems

- 5,000 anti-tank weapons

- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs)

- More than 200 humvees

- Small arms and more than 2,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition

- Medical supplies

In total, the United States has committed $17.6 billion since the beginning of Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.