The Biden administration on Tuesday announced a new $1.2 billion weapons package for Ukraine that includes additional 155mm artillery ammunition and air defense systems.
The massive package is being provided through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which allows the Pentagon to purchase military equipment for Kyiv, meaning the arms could take months or years to deliver. The bulk of US military aid to Ukraine has been provided through the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows President Biden to send weapons directly from Pentagon stockpiles.
The Pentagon said the announcement “represents the beginning of a contracting process to provide additional priority capabilities to Ukraine” and that the weapons package represents the US commitment to supporting Kyiv for the long-term.
“This USAI package underscores the continued US commitment to meeting Ukraine’s most urgent requirements by committing critical near-term capabilities, such as air defense systems and munitions, while also building the capacity of Ukraine’s Armed Forces to defend its territory and deter Russian aggression over the long term,” the Pentagon said.
The package includes:
- Additional air defense systems and munitions
- Equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine’s air defense systems
- Ammunition for counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems
- 155mm artillery rounds
- Commercial satellite imagery services
- Support for training, maintenance, and sustainment activities
The Pentagon didn’t specify what type of air defense systems would be provided, but US officials told AP that it would include the Raytheon-made HAWK system. The new aid brings the total the US has pledged in military equipment alone to over $36.9 billion since Russia invaded last year.
“The new aid brings the total the US has pledged in military equipment alone to over $36.9 billion since Russia invaded last year.”
About $8 billion left. With China on the horizon, I’d say that is all that is left.
Do you want Kessler syndrome? Cause this is how you get Kessler syndrome.
The way that war is going the Ukrainians won’t be in any position to receieve those weapons in a few months little alone years from now.
Washington has started to downplay the upcoming offensive because even they can’t come up with anymore lies so if they can’t spin it must be bad.
Gonna be a lot of nouveau rich Ukies and arms Corperations. Too little too late and too sho biz to have a chance against Russia. Did they/we really be think that a farmer nation led by a dancer comedian would roll the best biggest armed nation on the planet with their help, in light of their ignoble Afghan rout. We will see sooner than later I believe just how badly one side or the other miscalculated their strengths and weaknesses and what the costs will be. It seems, seemingly endless Bakmut episode is on its final pages and we will see how each side deals with its successes & failures.
At the May 9th Victory Day Parade Vladimir Putin has included the De-occupation of Ukraine as an objective of the SMO. The SMO now will achieve De-Nazification, Demilitarisation and De-Occupation of Ukraine.
The Russian MOD is fighting a very successful war of attrition disarming NATO (Ukraine was disarmed in March 2022), tank by tank, artillery by artillery, air defense by air defense. Russia now will fight NATO to the last European.
NATO overall has accumulated the following equipment losses;
418 Aircraft, 230 helicopters, 4042 UAV’s, 421 Anti Aircraft systems, 9033 tanks inc. APC’s, 1096 multiple rocket launchers, 4764 rocket launchers and 10059 military automotive equipment.
What the empire looses in the Ukraine, they loose for the final Russian attack on NATO. Russia has shown they will pre-emptively attack to defend the Motherland when the time is dictated by events on the ground.
I think cool head Putin would have used some tactical nukes already if he was prone to “ Kill the chickens to scare the monkey” but he has not. And now I believe we are watching the final chapter of this war where any doubt may exist that Russia can & will crush the Zelensky regime without using their NEWEST, BIGGEST & BEST IN THE World Nuclear Weapons.
Look at Syria, that is the Western model. Moscow will not occupy all of Ukraine. They will take the Donbass and the regions they currently have liberated from NATO Occupation.
As in Syria this war will last for decades. I trust we in the West are ready to die for empire?
Here in New Zealand they have increased military pay and spending, along with the lies. Preparing us for war.
We no longer have Politicians, we have a professional criminal class. The lies and the levels of corruption are astounding.
You want to know what hypocrisy is……German Chancellor Olaf Scholz objecting to the WW2 victory parade in Moscow.
Not only is this wooden clown a hypocrite but a traitor to his own country letting Biden destroy Germany’s energy security by the act of blowing up Nordstrean and not calling him out for his outrageous terrorist act,,,!!!!!!!!!!! What has happened to Germany that they accept the yoke of American hegemony and attack without even a whimper, much less any words or actions like Krushev pounding his shoe on furniture to express his outrage!
The levels of hypocrisy are astounding……German Chancellor Olaf Scholz signed off on the Nord Stream pipeline destruction, 14.6 million tonnes (32 billion pounds) of CO2 equivalent emissions. Methane is more than 25 times as potent as carbon dioxide at trapping heat in the atmosphere.
These massive quantities are similar to one tenth of Germany’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions.
I’ve said it before.
Unless NATO stops supporting Ukraine as they are?
And/or China starts massively helping Russia?
Russia WILL lose this war (assuming it does not go nuclear – then we all lose to some degree).
Guaranteed.
No doubt the pro-Russian nut jobs that seem to be posting on here now will disagree.
BTW – I have nothing for or against either nation.
It is because NATO is supporting Ukraine as they are is the reason Ukraine is losing big time.
Your claim of neutrality is belied by your attack on Russian supporters.
Your bias is obviouse.
wow Troy your bias is showing
Bullshit!!!!! You transparently show your antiRussian bias (e.g. “pro-Russian nut jobs”) and Al your assumptions that Russia needs help to quash the Ukrainian war effort. A feckless charity run beggar bowl enterprise. By pretending to neutral you deceive either yourself or us. Ukraine is just another proxy victim like Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria of American hegemonic lust.
Just went to your discus history and found this:
All I said was that BOTH sides of ‘the new world order’ are terrible. And have been terrible for a LONG time.
But that I prefer America because it is FAR more democratic. And thus, can still be changed by the people (in theory) far more so than Russia and especially China can.
Did you forget this above post you made??? It seems to counterdict your “I have nothing for or against either nation” statement above. What say you…???????????
i have to say that while i hate the piracy that uncle sam gets up to in the name of “democracy”, i must admit that i am super glad to have been born in the USA as opposed to some hell-hole where i might have to fight some other dudes for a simple drink of water, or a road-runner bird or a toad that if i managed to catch i might be able to feed my 33 children that my child-bride had no choice but to give me.
Average cost of an APC is 1.6 million. So far 9033 tanks inc. APC’s have been eliminated by the RF. That alone is 15 billion in lost opportunity for humanity.
If you keep funding wars, you better be prepared because eventually you will get exactly that: WAR.
We’re on the verge of default with seniors in real danger of not getting their SS but we can still fund war??????????????????????? ARGHHHH
That Russian victory parade will have an extra meaning when US dollar collapses on its own inflated weight.