US President Joe Biden has signed an executive order on awarding the 36th military aid package to Ukraine totaling $325 million. published on the official White House website.
It follows from the decree that the allocated amount will be spent on defense products, as well as training the Ukrainian army in its use.
How clarified at the Pentagon, the following aid package included:
ammunition for HIMARS; 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition; missiles with tube launch, optical tracking and wire guidance TOW); AT-4 anti-tank weapon systems; anti-tank mines; explosive ammunition for overcoming obstacles; more than 9 million cartridges for small arms; four logistics support vehicles; precision guided aviation munitions; control and diagnostic equipment for the maintenance and repair of vehicles; equipment for the protection of ports and harbours; spare parts and other field equipment.
“The United States will continue to work with our allies and partners to enable Ukraine to meet its immediate battlefield needs and its long-term security needs,” the U.S. military added.
By data Pentagon, the total volume of American military aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian military operation has reached 35.4 billion dollars, and since the beginning of the presidency of Joe Biden, who took the helm of the state in 2020, Ukraine received 36.1 billion dollars. billions in aid.
Since December 2022, the Ukrainian army has regularly spoken of its intention to launch a counter-offensive. At the end of March, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy recognized that the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) cannot yet counterattack due to a lack of ammunition and weapons, Kiev therefore awaits new supplies from Western partners. The Ukrainian leader also complained about the lack of Western support, asking the United States and Europe for long-range missiles and advanced fighter jets.
How writing Newsweek, citing leaked secret US Department of Defense documents dated March 27, said Kiev and its allies planned to launch a counteroffensive on April 30. However, the Pentagon data leak, according to information CNN, led to the adjustment of the date of the transition to the counterattack. Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmygal said on April 12 that a counter-offensive was to be expected this summer.
As reported by Bloomberg, citing representatives of the defense ministries of several European countries, the counteroffensive is expected to consist of operations in several directions, including the “wrong” ones.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), based on the opinion of interviewed experts, wrote that the Ukrainian armed forces planned to cut off the land corridor that Russia had established along southeastern Ukraine, as well as to move from Zaporizhzhia to Melitopol and the Sea of Azov.
European officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Bloomberg that the West no longer had any hope of a “decisive breakthrough” by Ukraine’s armed forces in the planned counteroffensive, since Russia was able to strengthen its position. “Intense fighting” in Ukraine is expected to continue into next year, according to the agency’s interlocutors.
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