Pentagon Announces $1.3B Ukraine Weapons Package

The Department of Defense announced a security package worth more than a billion dollars aimed at bolstering Ukrainian forces.

The spending package, which carries a $1.3 billion price tag, will provide munitions and air defense resources to the Ukrainian military as part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI).

The massive spending package will include military resources that include four National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and munitions, 152mm artillery rounds, mine-clearing equipment, Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles, Phoenix Ghost and Switchblade Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS), precision aerial munitions, counter-UAS and electronic warfare detection equipment and 150 fuel trucks.

Also included in the package are 115 tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment, 50 tactical vehicles to recover equipment, port and harbor security equipment, tactical secure communications systems, and support for training, maintenance and sustainment activities.