WASHINGTON —On Thursday, as part of the surge of assistance that President Biden directed ahead of his meeting with President Zelenskyy, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a significant new security assistance package to ensure Ukraine has the tools it needs to prevail in its fight against Russian aggression, according to a statement from the U.S. Department of Defense.
This security assistance package commits an additional $2.4 billion in support through the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) that will provide Ukraine with additional air defense, Unmanned Aerial Systems, and air-to-ground munitions, as well as strengthen Ukraine’s defense industrial base and support its maintenance and sustainment requirements.
The capabilities in this announcement include:
- Munitions and support for Ukrainian air defense systems;
- Air-to-ground munitions;
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) and components to support Ukrainian production of UAS;
- Counter-UAS equipment; Unmanned surface vessels;
- Secure communications equipment;
- Equipment and materiel to support Ukrainian munitions production; and
- Spare parts, maintenance and sustainment support, and other ancillary equipment.
This is the Biden Administration’s twenty-first USAI package. The United States will continue to work together with some 50 Allies and partners through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group and its associated capability coalitions to provide the support Ukraine needs to win the war.