{"id":363,"date":"2023-10-11T15:31:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T15:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eletron.me\/?p=363"},"modified":"2023-10-11T20:09:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T20:09:38","slug":"us-announces-more-military-aid-for-ukraine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eletron.me\/index.php\/2023\/10\/11\/us-announces-more-military-aid-for-ukraine\/","title":{"rendered":"US announces more military aid for Ukraine\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"
With the new package, Washington\u2019s overall military assistance to Kiev has reached $43.9 billion, the Pentagon\u2019s chief says\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Washington will provide another $200 million worth of military aid to Kiev amid the conflict with Russia, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has announced at a gathering of the so-called Ukraine Defense Contact Group. <\/p>\n “I’m proud that the US will announce its latest security package for Ukraine valued at $200 million,”<\/em> Austin said during Wednesday’s meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, attended by Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.<\/p>\n According to the Pentagon chief, the new package will include artillery and rocket ammunition, precision aerial munitions, anti-tank weapons, equipment to tackle drones, and “AIM-9 munitions for the new air defense system that we’ll soon deliver to Ukraine.” <\/em><\/p>\n He didn’t explain what air defense system it’s going to be. AIM-9 Sidewinder is a short-range air-to-air missile that has existed since the late 1950s.<\/p>\n Austin said that with the new package, the overall military aid provided by Washington to Kiev since the start of conflict with Russia in February 2022 had reached some $43.9 billion.<\/p>\n