Howitzers, ammunition, drones: Biden announces new $800 million military assistance to Ukraine

The United States would allocate an additional $800 million military aid package to Ukraine.

Militarnyi informs about this.

U.S. President Joe Biden announced another $800 million aid package to Ukraine, WSJ reports.

Ostap Yarysh, a journalist with VOA’s Ukrainian service, listed the weapons and equipment that will be included in the new package.

‼️ Details of the new $800 million US military aid package for #Ukraine:

– 72 155mm Howitzers +144,000 artillery rounds;
– 72 Tactical Vehicles to tow Howitzers;
– Over 121 Phoenix Ghost Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
– Field equipment and spare parts.

— Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) April 21, 2022

Ukraine will be receiving from the U.S. the 72 additional 155mm howitzers and 144,000 artillery rounds; 72 Tactical Vehicles to tow howitzers; 121 Phoenix Ghost tactical unmanned aerial systems.

“Now we have to accelerate that assistance package to help prepare Ukraine for Russia’s offensive that’s going to be more limited in terms of geography, but not in terms of brutality,” Biden said.

The previous aid package included 18 howitzers, 40,000 rounds of ammunition, Switchblade UAVs, and M113 armored personnel carriers.

According to the media reports, the first howitzers for Ukraine are already in Europe.