WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, 4 extra counter-artillery radars and as much as 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition as a part of its newest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon stated on Friday.
The help package deal, value about $820 million, was broadly introduced by U.S. President Joe Biden on Thursday in Madrid following a gathering of NATO leaders that was centered on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
The Pentagon supplied extra particulars on Friday because it formalized the announcement, and stated the newest spherical of safety help additionally included extra ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
The new U.S. support is supposed to bolster Kyiv because it confronts heavy pounding by Russian artillery. Russia’s stepped-up marketing campaign of lengthy-vary missile assaults on Ukrainian cities has come as its forces have floor out success on the battlefield within the east, with a relentless assault to attempt to drive Kyiv to cede two provinces to separatists.
Including the newest rounds of help, the United States has now dedicated roughly $6.9 billion since Russia forces rolled into Ukraine on Feb. 24 and introduced full-scale conflict again to Europe.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; enhancing by Jonathan Oatis)
