The United States announced this Monday a new military aid package to Ukraine, valued at $725 million, which among other elements includes antipersonnel mines or ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS).
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed in a statement that the US and more than 50 countries remain united in ensuring that kyiv has the capabilities it needs to defend itself from “Russian aggression.”
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The package includes 155 and 105 millimeter ammunition, drones, TOW and Javelin anti-tank missiles, demolition equipment and ammunition, Stinger surface-to-air missiles or material to protect critical national infrastructure.
This same Monday, US Secretary of State Lloyd Austin spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart, Rustem Umerov, about the dynamics on the battlefield and Ukrainian needs there.
Austin, according to a Pentagon statement, condemned the recent bombing of Ukrainian civilian infrastructure with missiles and drones and Russia’s use of an intermediate-range ballistic missile, which he believes constitutes “another escalation” in Russia’s war. against Ukraine
With information from EFE
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