{"id":147056,"date":"2023-09-11T07:45:20","date_gmt":"2023-09-11T11:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=147056"},"modified":"2023-09-09T12:13:05","modified_gmt":"2023-09-09T16:13:05","slug":"ukraine-to-receive-an-additional-600-million-in-military-equipment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=147056","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine to receive an additional $600 million in military equipment"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In the aftermath of America’s pledging $1 billion in humanitarian aid to Ukraine, an additional $600 million worth of military equipment will also be sent to Ukraine. This security assistance package includes demolition munitions, mine-clearing equipment, artillery shells, etc. Depleted uranium ammunition is included in this aid.<\/p>\n

From Al Jazeera:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

The latest $600m will “support Ukraine’s battlefield needs” and demonstrate “unwavering US support for Ukraine”, the Pentagon said in a statement on Thursday.<\/p>\n

But the military assistance will not immediately arrive on the battlefield, as it falls under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) through which Washington procures equipment from the defence industry or partners rather than drawing from US military stocks.<\/p>\n

The back-to-back military aid announcements come as US President Joe Biden’s administration works to show its continued support for Ukraine’s three-month-old counteroffensive as troops try to break through Russian defences and clear vast minefields.<\/p>\n

Some allies have quietly expressed concerns about the slow-moving offensive, while others say Ukraine has made some progress and has successfully used air defences to knock down Russian missiles.<\/p>\n

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg said on Thursday that Ukraine’s counteroffensive was progressing slower than anticipated, but Kyiv’s forces were taking ground from Russian forces each day.<\/p>\n

“The Ukrainians are gradually gaining ground and it proves the importance of our support and also our ability and willingness to continue the support,” Stoltenberg told a committee meeting of the European Parliament in Brussels.<\/p>\n

“This is heavy fighting, difficult fighting, but they have been able to breach the defensive lines of the Russian forces,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The Russian army used to be the second strongest in the world, and now the Russian army is the second strongest in Ukraine. That’s quite impressive,” he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Al Jazeera provides additional information here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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