US Announces $300 Million Package for Ukraine. Here's How the Biden Administration Got the Money.
Leah Barkoukis
With a new foreign aid package tied up on the Hill, the Biden administration on Tuesday announced “urgent” military assistance for Ukraine.
The announcement of the equipment, worth about $300 million, will support Ukraine’s artillery, air defense, and anti-tank requirements, the Pentagon said.
“With a lack of replacement funds available to replenish DoD inventories, the Administration had been forced to pause PDA packages since December 2023,” the Defense Department said in a statement. “DoD is able to support this extraordinary package after identifying contract savings from previously appropriated supplemental funding that can be applied to replace DoD stocks. Today's announcement provides a short-term stop gap, but it is nowhere near enough to meet Ukraine's battlefield needs. Without supplemental funding, DoD will remain hard-pressed to meet Ukraine's capability requirements at a time when Russia is pressing its attacks against Ukrainian forces and cities.”
The capabilities in this announcement include:
Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
155mm artillery rounds, including High Explosive and Dual Purpose Improved Cluster Munitions rounds;
105mm artillery rounds;
AT-4 anti-armor systems;
Additional rounds of small arms ammunition;
Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing; and
Spare parts, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.
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