US announces $400 million aid package for Ukraine
This brings the total (newly passed) PDA funding down from around $6.8 billion to around $6.4 billion. The capabilities being provided are as follows:
- Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;
- Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
- Stinger anti-aircraft missiles;
- Equipment to integrate Western launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine's systems;
- Additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) and ammunition;
- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
- Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
- M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;
- Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles;
- Trailers to transport heavy equipment;
- Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- Precision aerial munitions;
- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
- Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
- Demolitions munitions and equipment for obstacle clearing;
- Coastal and riverine patrol boats;
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment; and
- Spare parts, training munitions, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.
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