WASHINGTON: The US will present a further USD 1.1 billion in support to Ukraine, with funding for about 18 extra superior rocket programs and different weapons to counter drones that Russia has been utilizing in opposition to Ukrainian troops, in accordance with US officers. The most recent bundle is being supplied beneath the Ukraine Safety Help Initiative, which funds contracts to buy weapons and tools. And it brings the entire of US support to Ukraine to just about USD 17 billion for the reason that Biden administration took workplace. Officers supplied particulars of the bundle on situation of anonymity as a result of it has not but been made public.
The help announcement, anticipated later Wednesday, comes as Russia strikes to annex elements of Russian-occupied Ukraine that held Kremlin-orchestrated referendums on residing beneath Moscow’s rule. The votes, denounced by Kyiv and the West as unlawful and rigged, underscore that Russia’s long-term objective stays taking management of Ukraine.
For the reason that funding is for contracts for weapons and tools, it’s aimed toward serving to Ukraine safe its longer-term defence wants. It might take a yr or two for Ukraine to get the programs. The US has used Pentagon drawdown authority to supply weapons extra instantly, and one other announcement for that Protection Division support is anticipated early subsequent week.
The bundle contains funding for 18 of the Excessive-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and ammunition for them, and 12 Titan programs, that are used to counter drones. Officers have stated the HIMARS and different comparable programs had been key to Ukraine’s battle successes in current weeks. And the Russians have been utilizing Iranian-made drones to focus on Ukrainian forces, underscoring the necessity for extra programs to counter that risk.
Additionally within the bundle is funding for about 300 autos, dozens of vehicles and trailers to move heavy tools, a wide range of radars, communications and surveillance tools, and different gear for troopers. It additionally will embrace funding for tools to detect explosives and for upkeep and coaching.
The battle, now in its seventh month, has shifted to a brand new section, as Russia tries to rebound from current fight losses and use the votes to politically solidify the positive aspects it had made within the 4 occupied areas within the south and east.
Professional-Russia officers in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia areas stated Wednesday they might ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to include their provinces into Russia. It wasn’t instantly clear how the executive course of would unfold.
The help announcement, anticipated later Wednesday, comes as Russia strikes to annex elements of Russian-occupied Ukraine that held Kremlin-orchestrated referendums on residing beneath Moscow’s rule. The votes, denounced by Kyiv and the West as unlawful and rigged, underscore that Russia’s long-term objective stays taking management of Ukraine.
For the reason that funding is for contracts for weapons and tools, it’s aimed toward serving to Ukraine safe its longer-term defence wants. It might take a yr or two for Ukraine to get the programs. The US has used Pentagon drawdown authority to supply weapons extra instantly, and one other announcement for that Protection Division support is anticipated early subsequent week.
The bundle contains funding for 18 of the Excessive-Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and ammunition for them, and 12 Titan programs, that are used to counter drones. Officers have stated the HIMARS and different comparable programs had been key to Ukraine’s battle successes in current weeks. And the Russians have been utilizing Iranian-made drones to focus on Ukrainian forces, underscoring the necessity for extra programs to counter that risk.
Additionally within the bundle is funding for about 300 autos, dozens of vehicles and trailers to move heavy tools, a wide range of radars, communications and surveillance tools, and different gear for troopers. It additionally will embrace funding for tools to detect explosives and for upkeep and coaching.
The battle, now in its seventh month, has shifted to a brand new section, as Russia tries to rebound from current fight losses and use the votes to politically solidify the positive aspects it had made within the 4 occupied areas within the south and east.
Professional-Russia officers in Ukraine’s Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia areas stated Wednesday they might ask Russian President Vladimir Putin to include their provinces into Russia. It wasn’t instantly clear how the executive course of would unfold.
