Lloyd J. Austin III Secretary of Defence | Official website
The Department of Defense (DoD) has announced additional security assistance to address Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This marks the Biden Administration's fifty-seventh tranche of equipment provided from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. The Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, valued at an estimated $400 million, includes capabilities designed to support Ukraine's most urgent battlefield requirements, such as air defense, artillery rounds, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.
The capabilities detailed in this announcement include additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, equipment to integrate Western launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine's systems, and additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems(HIMARS) and ammunition. Also included are 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.
Further additions include demolitions munitions and equipment for obstacle clearing; coastal and riverine patrol boats; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment; as well as spare parts, training munitions, maintenance tools, and other ancillary equipment.
The United States has pledged to continue working alongside approximately 50 Allies and partners to ensure that Ukraine's defenders receive the critical capabilities necessary to combat Russian aggression.
