The Defense Department announced a new package of security assistance for Ukraine. This includes the authorization of a presidential drawdown of security assistance, valued at up to $425 million, as well as $1.75 billion in Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds.The presidential drawdown package includes: additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems; additional 155 mm artillery rounds; additional 120 mm mortar rounds; 190 heavy machine guns with thermal imagery sights and associated ammunition to counter unmanned aerial systems; 181 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles; 250 Javelin anti-armor systems; 2,000 anti-armor rockets; Claymore anti-personnel munitions; demolitions munitions; cold weather gear, helmets and other field equipment. Under USAI, the DOD will provide Ukraine with: 2 HAWK air defense firing units; anti-aircraft guns and ammunition; equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles and radars with Ukraine's air defense systems; equipment to sustain Ukraine's existing air defense capabilities; air defense generators; counter-unmanned aerial systems; four air surveillance radars; 20 counter-mortar radars; spare parts for counter-artillery radars; Puma unmanned aerial systems; precision-guided rockets; secure communications equipment; medical supplies; funding for training, maintenance, and sustainment.
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