The total amount of US military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of President Joseph Biden's term has exceeded $44,4 billion, and since the beginning of the war $43,7 billion, Pentagon Deputy Spokesperson Sabrina Singh announced today.
She stated that the United States of America will send a new package of military aid to Ukraine worth 600 million dollars.
Today, the Ministry of Defense announced a new military aid package worth 600 million dollars, which will include equipment to strengthen air defense assets, artillery ammunition and other resources, Singh said at a press conference, reports Sputnik.
The United States of America intends to deliver shells with depleted uranium to Ukraine before the delivery of the "Abrams" tanks, which could be there already in the fall, added the representative of the Pentagon.
The goal is to have the shells there at the same time as the tanks, she said.
Earlier, the "Politico" portal, citing an unnamed representative of the Pentagon, announced that Kiev will receive the first 10 American Abrams tanks in mid-September.
Extended support
The Pentagon also announced a new long-term aid package of $600 million to Ukraine, which will finance various weapons and other equipment, just a day after Secretary of State Anthony Blinken visited Kiev and promised $XNUMX billion in new military and humanitarian aid.
How it transmits CSR the assistance includes financing of equipment for the maintenance and integration of Ukrainian air defense systems, ammunition for high mobility missile systems (HIMARS), artillery ammunition, electronic warfare and anti-electronic warfare equipment, mine clearance equipment, as well as training and maintenance.
The aid was promised as President Joe Biden's administration seeks to show continued support for Ukraine's three-month counteroffensive. Some allies have expressed concern about the slow pace of the counteroffensive, while others say Ukraine has made some progress and has successfully used air defenses to shoot down Russian missiles.
Ammunition with depleted uranium is dangerous for the environment
The US said on Wednesday it was sending depleted uranium anti-tank munitions to Ukraine, following the example of Britain which has already sent the controversial munitions to help Kiev break through Russian front lines in a withering counter-offensive.
The 120 mm bullets will be used to arm the 31 M1A1 Abrams tanks that the US plans to deliver to Ukraine in the fall, reports Voice of America.
Such armor-piercing rounds were developed by the US during the Cold War to destroy Soviet tanks, including the same models, the T-72, that Ukraine now faces in a counteroffensive.
Depleted uranium is radioactive, but much less so than natural, although the particles can be retained for a long time.
The United States used huge amounts of depleted uranium ammunition during the Gulf Wars of 1990 and 2003 and the NATO intervention in the former Yugoslavia in 1999, reports Reuters.
While depleted uranium munitions are not considered nuclear weapons, the low level of radiation they emit has led United Nations experts to urge caution in handling and warn of the possible dangers of exposure.
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