US to send hundreds of armored vehicles, rockets to Ukraine as part of 2.5 bil assistance
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The United States has committed more than $27.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February last year.
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The United States said on Thursday it would send hundreds of armored vehicles plus rockets and artillery shells to Ukraine as part of a $2.5 billion military assistance package.
The package includes 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers, 53 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles, and 350 high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles, the US Defense Department said in a statement.
The 59 Bradleys included in the latest US package come after a previous 50 announced earlier in January. The armored Bradley has a powerful gun and has been used by the US Army to carry troops around battlefields since the mid-1980s.
The latest assistance also includes additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), eight Avenger air-defense systems, tens of thousands of artillery rounds, and about 2,000 anti-armor rockets, the Defense Department said.
Previous aid to Ukraine
In total, the United States has committed more than $27.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February last year.
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