U.S. announces new $425 million security assistance package for Ukraine

On November 1, the U.S Department of Defense announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. 

The package includes:

• Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS)
• Stinger missiles
• Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) equipment and munitions
• Air-to-ground munitions
• Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)
• 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition
• Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles
• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems
• Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers
• Small arms and ammunition
• Medical equipment
• Demolitions equipment and munitions
• Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.  

"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 meet Ukraine's urgently needed battlefield requirements and defend against Russian aggression,"  the Department of Defense (DoD) said in a statement.

• On October 21, Lloyd Austin, the head of the U.S. Department of Defense, arrived in Kyiv for a visit. He has met with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and announced a new $400 million aid package.