On Friday, February 3, the US Department of Defense officially announced a new large package of military aid for Ukraine.
This was announced at a briefing by the press secretary of the Pentagon, Brigadier General Patrick Ryder of the US Air Force.
"Today, the US Department of Defense is announcing a new $2.2 billion aid package for Ukraine. The package includes Javelin anti-tank missiles, artillery ammunition, and conventional and long-range missiles for HIMARS," he said.
The list of the new package of military aid from the United States includes:
ammunition for HIMARS;
155 mm caliber artillery shells;
120-mm mortar mines;
190 large-caliber machine guns with thermal imaging sights and appropriate ammunition for combating drones;
181 mine-explosion-protected vehicles with protection against ambushes (MRAP);
250 Javelin anti-tank missile systems;
2,000 anti-tank missiles;
Claymore anti-personnel ammunition;
ammunition for detonation;
2 HAWK anti-aircraft missile systems;
anti-aircraft guns and ammunition.
Since the full-scale Russian invasion, US military aid to Ukraine has reached $29.3 billion.