US Announces $425 Million Security Assistance Package for Ukraine

On November 1, The Department of Defense of the United States (DoD) has announced new security assistance to address Ukraine's urgent security and defense requirements.

The package, valued at an estimated $425 million, will equip Ukraine with essential capabilities to meet its immediate needs, including air defense interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.

The list includes:

• 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.  

This marks the Biden Administration's sixty-ninth allocation of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.

It was announced earlier that the US is preparing a new package of military aid to Ukraine amid reports of Russia's involvement North Korean military in its war against Ukraine.