US announces $400 million military aid package for Ukraine. What is included?

The announcement was made by the US Department of Defense.

The new security assistance can be valued at $400 million and includes additional air defense munitions, artillery and other ammunition, armored vehicles, anti-armor weapons, and other equipment “to help Ukraine counter Russia’s ongoing war of aggression”.

The package includes:

• Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
• Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
• Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
• 120mm and 60mm mortar rounds;
• 32 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
• Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
• Javelin and other anti-armor systems and rockets;
• Hornet Unmanned Aerial Systems;
• Hydra-70 aircraft rockets;
• Tactical air navigation systems;
• Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
• Over 28 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
• Night vision devices and thermal imagery systems; and
• Spare parts, training munitions, and other field equipment.

The United States pledged they would keep working with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with capabilities “to meet its immediate battlefield needs and longer-term security assistance requirements”.

• On July 21, Germany announced a new military aid package for Ukraine, which includes Leopard tanks, machine guns, artillery shells and other essential weapons.