Following President Biden's meeting with President Zelenskyy in Japan, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) on May 21 announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's 38th drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. The most important announcement made by President Baiden during the G7 meeting in Hiroshima was his authorization of US and European training of Ukrainian pilots on F-16 fighter jets. The aircraft to be later delivered are expected to be supplied by European air forces, and not to be used by the Ukrainian Air Force to fly over Russian territory (which does not include the territories invaded by Russia since 2014).
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Firing of a Javelin anti-tank missile (Picture source: USMC/US DoD )
This new military aid to Ukraine includes additional ammunition for U.S.-provided HIMARS, artillery rounds, anti-armor capabilities, and critical enablers valued at up to $375 million that Ukraine is using on the battlefield to push back against Russia's unprovoked war of aggression.
The capabilities in this package include:
• Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
• Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
• Javelin and AT4 anti-armor systems;
• Laser-guided rocket system munitions;
• Demolition munitions;
• Armored bridging systems;
• Armored medical treatment vehicles;
• Trucks and trailers to transport heavy equipment;
• Logistics support equipment;
• Thermal imagery systems;
• Spare parts and other field equipment.
Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
May 21, 2023
In total, the United States has committed $38 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden Administration, including more than $37.3 billion since the beginning of Russia’s unprovoked and brutal invasion on February 24, 2022. United States security assistance committed to Ukraine includes:
• Over 1,600 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;
• 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;
• 12 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;
• 4,000 Zuni aircraft rockets;
• Over 7,000 Hydra-70 aircraft rockets;
• 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.
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