What weapons did America transfer to Ukraine in January?

The words of the US leadership to ensure Ukraine's victory in 2023 are confirmed by their actions, and there is a clear logic to the U.S. planning.

On January 6 and 19, the US Defense Ministry approved 29th and 30th packages of military aid. According to official releases of the US Defense Ministry and statements by officials, Ukraine will receive military aid in a total amount of 5.75 billion dollars. For comparison, for the past year 2022, peak of supplies was in August — that month, $2.3 billion worth of weapons were delivered.

Let me remind you that Ukraine, which is now desperately demanding weapons from NATO countries, in 2021 spent only 800 million dollars on purchase of weapons. American supplies in January 2023 are 7 times more than Ukraine allocated for the whole year for self-defense on the eve of attack.

"According to official releases of the US Defense Ministry and statements by officials, Ukraine will receive military aid in a total amount of 5.75 billion dollars. For comparison, for the past year 2022, peak of supplies was in August — that month, $2.3 billion worth of weapons were delivered."

Now let's consider the amount and purpose of US military aid in January 2023.

Heavy weapons:

- 18 155 mm Paladin M109A6 self-propelled howitzers;

- 36 105 mm mounted howitzers M119;

- 8 Avenger self-propelled anti-aircraft missile systems;

- 109 Bradley M2A2 ODS BMPs with 25 mm cannon and TOW-2 guided missiles;

- 190 M113 and M1126 Stryker armoured personnel carriers;

- 596 heavy and light armoured vehicles of the MPAP and Humvee classes;

- 30 armoured vehicles supplying artillery shells;

- 6 armoured command and staff vehicles;

- 22 armoured artillery tractors;

Means of defeat:

- 1100 corrected 155 mm Excalibur shells;

- 90,000 155 mm shells;

-1200 RAAM 155 mm projectiles for remote mining;

- 190,000 105 mm shells;

- 21,800 120 mm mortar mines;

- missiles for HIMARS missile-artillery system;

- aviation anti-radar missiles HARM;

- anti-aircraft missiles for NASAMS and Sea Sparrow systems;

- 4,000 unguided 70 mm Zuni air missiles;

- 1,090 TOW-2 anti-tank guided missiles;

- 2,000 anti-tank guided missiles of unspecified type;

- 545 thousand 25 mm shells for the Bradley infantry fighting vehicle;

- Claymore anti-personnel mines;

- cartridges for automatic weapons, grenades for anti-personnel grenade launchers, sniper rifles, machine guns.

Special equipment:

- mine trawls for military equipment;

- night vision devices and sights.

Records of American supply in January 2023:

▪︎ the largest volume of arms deliveries in one month - 5.75 billion dollars;

▪︎ the largest number of artillery shells and mortar mines of all types - 304,100;

▪︎ the largest number of armoured vehicles and combat vehicles for troop mobility per month - 943;

▪︎ for the first time, modern combat vehicles are supplied to the US Army - M2A2 ODS, M109A6, Stryker, which operate in network of combat control and communication, and have automated fire control systems. For systematic implementation of their capabilities, the IFADTS artillery control system was purchased for Ukraine in December;

▪︎ for the first time, Avenger mobile anti-aircraft missile systems are supplied for direct support of Ukrainian troops.

"Russia will not be able to deliver weapons to the front in such quantities as the United States announced in January. So if this pace of supply is maintained in 2023 and in the following months, the situation at the front will improve significantly in our favour."

Conclusions of what US military planners decided to achieve:

1. To increase fire power of Ukrainian artillery primarily to destroy Russian infantry;

2. To increase tactical mobility of Ukrainian army, to supply armoured vehicles that are already in service with the US in whole battalion sets, in order to improve logistics, operation and repair;

3. To create qualitative advantage on the battlefield by supplying modern IFV Bradley and IAV Stryker, which have advantage over Russian combat vehicles thanks to automated systems of control of troops and fire, thermal imaging sights, in complex with accurate automatic guns and guided missiles;

4. Increase damage by high-precision projectiles and missiles of Russian objects and radar systems;

5. Gradually deprive Russians of their advantage in heavy military equipment and artillery ammunition, achieve parity in supply of ground weapons for the Ukrainian army. Russia will not be able to deliver weapons to the front in such quantities as the United States announced in January. So if this pace of supply is maintained in 2023 and in the following months, the situation at the front will improve significantly in our favour.

Thank you to the citizens of the United States for incredible scale of support, it will never be forgotten.

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About the author: Yuriy Butusov, journalist, soldier of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

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