U.S. Weapons Contracts For Ukraine

The U.S. is putting the finishing touches on One of its largest Ukraine Military Aid Packages to date.

The Contracts for as much as $6 billion worth of Weapons and Equipment for Kyiv’s Forces.

The package, which could be finalized and announced as soon as April 26th, will dip into the $61 billion in Ukraine Funding Signed into Law by President Biden on Wednesday.

It would include Patriot Air Defense Munitions, Artillery Ammunition, Drones, Counter-Drone Weapons, and Air-to-Air Missiles to be fitted on Fighter Planes.

It also include:s Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, won’t arrive in Ukraine for awhile, as the money is being allocated under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). Under USAI, the Pentagon issues Contracts to American Defense Firms to build New equipment for Ukraine, as opposed to drawing from current U.S. Stocks.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to announce the New Aid during a Virtual Meeting on Friday, of the 50-plus Nations that make up the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.

The package, which comes on top of the $1 billion in more immediate Aid announced by Washington on Wednesday.

That drawdown of Artillery rounds, Air Defense missiles, Armored Vehicles and Army Tactical Missile Systems with a range of nearly 200 miles, represents more immediate help for Ukraine as it tries to blunt recent Russian Advances and stepped-up Missile Attacks on Ukrainian critical Infrastructure.

The Biden Administration last month secretly shipped the Long-Range Version of the ATACMS to Ukraine, for the First time in the Two-year War,and Kyiv has already used the Weapon several times to strike deep behind Russian Lines.

“One of the things we’ve been able to see is that when Ukraine is supplied, they’ve been able to be effective,” Joint Chiefs Chair Gen. C.Q. Brown said in a Discussion at Georgetown University on Thursday.

The $1 billion in immediate Aid and Long-Rage Missiles follows a similar move by the U.K., which first sent its Long-Range Storm Shadow Cruise missiles to Ukraine in May 2023, giving Kyiv the ability to hit Targets up to 155 miles away.

The Weapon, which is launched from Ukrainian Fighter Planes, has allowed Ukraine to precisely target Ammunition Dumps, Bridges, and other Critical Infrastructure deep inside Russian-occupied Crimea.









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