JUNE 10, 2023 – The Defense Department today announced an additional security assistance package for Ukraine containing more air defense and ammunition capabilities to arm against Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression.
The latest package, valued at up to $2.1 billion, underscores the unwavering U.S. commitment to bolster Ukraine’s near- and-long-term capabilities to defend its territory and deter Russia.
The capabilities contained in the package include additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems, HAWK air defense systems and missiles, additional artillery rounds and other items.
The new equipment is authorized under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, the authority under which the U.S. procures capabilities from industry and partners.
The U.S. has also continued to leverage the authority to drawdown from current DOD stocks to arm Ukraine under the presidential drawdown authority.
In total, the U.S. has provided more than $39.7 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
The Biden administration continues to stand behind Ukraine and has signaled that it will do so for as long as it takes until Russia ends its brutal assault.
“It’s very clear that on a daily basis, there are Russian forces attempting to kill innocent Ukrainians. And we — the United States government — are going to work with the international community to do everything we can to help them defend their country and take back sovereign territory,” DOD Press Secretary Air Force Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said yesterday during a briefing at the Pentagon.
The U.S. also continues to lead an alliance of more than 50 countries in rallying behind Ukraine through the Ukraine Defense Contact Group.
Ryder announced during yesterday’s briefing that Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Mark A. Milley will host a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on June 15 in Brussels.
The NATO defense ministers’ meeting begins June 16.
In total, the United States has committed more than $40.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including more than $39.7 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion on February 24, 2022.
United States security assistance committed to Ukraine includes:
- Over 1,700 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
- Over 10,000 Javelin anti-armor systems;
- Over 60,000 other anti-armor systems and munitions;
- Over 160 155mm Howitzers and over 2,000,000 155mm artillery rounds;
- Over 7,000 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds;
- Over 14,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems;
- 100,000 rounds of 125mm tank ammunition;
- 10,000 203mm artillery rounds;
- Over 50,000 152mm artillery rounds;
- Approximately 40,000 130mm artillery rounds;
- 40,000 122mm artillery rounds;
- 60,000 122mm GRAD rockets;
- 72 105mm Howitzers and over 500,000 105mm artillery rounds;
- Over 300 tactical vehicles to tow weapons;
- 54 tactical vehicles to recover equipment;
- 30 ammunition support vehicles;
- 18 armored bridging systems;
- 38 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems and ammunition;
- 47 120mm mortar systems;
- 10 82mm mortar systems;
- 67 81mm mortar systems;
- 58 60mm mortar systems;
- Over 345,000 mortar rounds;
- Over 4,000 Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
- Rocket launchers and ammunition;
- Over 1,800,000 rounds of 25mm ammunition;
- Precision-guided rockets;
- 10 command post vehicles;
- One Patriot air defense battery and munitions;
- Eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and munitions;
- HAWK air defense systems and munitions;
- RIM-7 missiles for air defense;
- 20 Avenger air defense systems;
- Nine c-UAS gun trucks and ammunition;
- 10 mobile c-UAS laser-guided rocket systems;
- Anti-aircraft guns and ammunition;
- Equipment to integrate Western air defense launchers, missiles, and radars with Ukraine’s air defense systems;
- Equipment to sustain Ukraine’s existing air defense capabilities;
- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
- Precision aerial munitions;
- Over 6,000 Zuni aircraft rockets;
- Over 7,000 Hydra-70 aircraft rockets;
- Munitions for Unmanned Aerial Systems;
- 20 Mi-17 helicopters;
- 31 Abrams tanks;
- 45 T-72B tanks;
- 120mm and 105mm tank ammunition;
- 109 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;
- Four Bradley Fire Support Team vehicles;
- Over 2,000 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs);
- Over 100 light tactical vehicles;
- 68 trucks and 124 trailers to transport heavy equipment;
- Eight logistics support vehicles and equipment;
- 89 heavy fuel tankers and 105 fuel trailers;
- 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;
- 300 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers;
- 250 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles;
- Over 500 Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs);
- Six armored utility trucks;
- Mine clearing equipment;
- Over 35,000 grenade launchers and small arms;
- Over 200,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;
- Over 100,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
- Switchblade Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);
- Phoenix Ghost UAS;
- CyberLux K8 UAS;
- Altius-600 UAS;
- Jump-20 UAS;
- Puma UAS;
- Scan Eagle UAS;
- Two radars for UAS;
- Laser-guided rocket systems and munitions;
- Unmanned Coastal Defense Vessels;
- Over 70 counter-artillery and counter-mortar radars;
- 20 multi-mission radars;
- Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems and equipment;
- Counter air defense capability;
- 21 air surveillance radars;
- Two Harpoon coastal defense systems;
- 62 coastal and riverine patrol boats;
- Port and harbor security equipment;
- M18A1 Claymore anti-personnel munitions;
- Anti-tank mines;
- C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment for obstacle clearing;
- Obstacle emplacement equipment;
- Tactical secure communications systems and support equipment;
- Four satellite communications antennas;
- SATCOM terminals and services;
- Thousands of night vision devices, surveillance systems, thermal imagery systems, optics, and laser rangefinders;
- Commercial satellite imagery services;
- Explosive ordnance disposal equipment and protective gear;
- Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear protective equipment;
- 200 armored medical treatment vehicles;
- Medical supplies to include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment;
- Electronic jamming equipment;
- Field equipment, cold weather gear, generators, and spare parts;
- Support for training, maintenance, and sustainment activities.
The United States also continues to work with its Allies and partners to provide Ukraine with additional capabilities to defend itself.
By Joseph Clark , DOD News