“Our focus is on supporting the Ukrainians to change the dynamic on the ground. We want to help Ukraine advance and hold its positions in what we expect will be a Ukrainian counteroffensive,” the official said.
According to the Pentagon, the capabilities in this military aid package, valued at up to $500 million, includes:
- Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems.
- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems.
- Artillery rounds: 155 mm and 105 mm.
- Mortar rounds: 120 mm.
- Tank ammunition: 120 mm and 105 mm.
- Ammunition: 25 mm.
- Tube-launched, optically-tracked, wire-guided missiles.
- About 400 grenade launchers and 200,000 rounds of ammunition.
- Tactical vehicles to recover equipment: 11.
- Heavy fuel tankers: 61.
- Heavy equipment transport: 10 trucks and 10 trailers.
- Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair.
- Spare parts and other field equipment.
In addition, the U.S. Department of Defense will provide Ukraine with $2.1 billion in assistance from the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative funds. Those funds will provide:
- Additional munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems.
- Nine counter-unmanned serial system 30 mm gun trucks.
- Mobile counter-unmanned aircraft system, or C-UAS, laser-guided rocket systems: 10.
- Three air surveillance radars.
- Anti-aircraft ammunition: 30 mm and 23 mm.
- Artillery rounds: 130 mm and 122 mm.
- Grad rockets: 122 mm.
- Rocket launchers and ammunition.
- Mortar systems: 120 mm and 81 mm.
- Mortar rounds: 120 mm, 81 mm, and 60 mm.
- Tank ammunition: 120 mm.
- Javelin anti-armor systems.
- Anti-armor rockets.
- Precision aerial munitions.
- About 3,600 small arms and more than 23,000,000 rounds of small-arms ammunition.
- Seven tactical vehicles to recover equipment.
- Eight heavy fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers.
- Armored bridging systems.
- Four logistics support vehicles.
- Trucks and 10 trailers to transport heavy equipment.
- Secure communications equipment.
- Satellite communications terminals and services.
- Funding for training, maintenance and sustainment.
As reported by Ukrinform, on March 4, the U.S. government announced the allocation of a new large-scale security assistance package for Ukraine worth $2.6 billion.