On Friday, September 6, at the 24th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said that Washington will provide Ukraine with a new package of military aid, he said. kyivindependent.com.
War in Ukraine. The United States with further support for Ukraine. Lloyd Austin: Joe Biden signs new aid program
The US Defense Secretary announced that Ukraine will receive $250 million in support. – President Biden signed a new program of security assistance for Ukraine, amounting to $250 million. This will allow to increase the potential to respond to the changing needs of Ukraine – Lloyd Austin announced during a meeting at the US Ramstein air base in Germany.
The politician did not reveal what the new military aid package would include. However, he announced that the package “will have more options to meet Ukraine's changing requirements.”
USA with another aid package for defending Ukraine
At the end of July this year, the United States announced one of the aid packages for Ukraine. It declared the transfer of $1.5 billion for orders in the defense industry and $200 million for equipment from the Pentagon's arsenal. We wrote more about this on Gazeta.pl in the article: “New aid package for Ukraine. The United States will reach into its own arsenal“.
In turn, on August 23, the US announced an aid package worth $125 million, which includes air defense missiles to protect Ukraine's critical infrastructure, anti-drone equipment, anti-tank missiles, ammunition for soldiers and mobile missile systems.