U.S. to send Ukraine new $400M military aid package

The United States is to announce as soon as Tuesday another military aid package for Ukraine, this time worth up to $400 million, including artillery, air defense missiles and ground vehicles, three U.S. officials said on Friday.

That’s according to Reuters, Ukrinform reports.

The U.S. is not including cluster munitions in this weapons assistance package, two of the officials who spoke on condition of anonymity said.

The U.S. first sent dual-purpose improved conventional munitions (DPICM) - a cluster munition fired from a 155mm howitzer cannon to Ukraine earlier in July.

Included in the package are several Stryker armored personnel carriers, mine clearing equipment, munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), munitions for HIMARS, anti-tank weapons including TOW and Javelin, and munitions for Patriot and Stinger anti-aircraft systems, the officials say.

The package is still being finalized, the report adds.

It would be funded using Presidential Drawdown Authority, which authorizes the president to transfer articles and services from U.S. stocks without congressional approval during an emergency. The material will come from U.S. excess inventory.

The security assistance package would be the 43rd approved by the United States for Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022, for a total of more than $41 billion.