US announces $2.5 billion in new weapons and ammunition for Ukraine

USA announced on Thursday a new arms and ammunition package for Ukraine while that country prepares for a new stage of the war against Russia.

The package does not include the tanks requested by kyiv, but includes 59 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, a large number of armored personnel carriers, Avenger air defense systems, as well as large and small munitions, the Pentagon said in a statement.

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“The 59 Bradley IFVs included in this package, along with the 50 Bradleys previously committed on 6 January, and the 90 Stryker APCs will provide Ukraine with two brigades of armored capability.he declared.

The initial 50 Bradleys were included in a more than $3 billion package announced last week.

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With this latest package, total US military aid to Ukraine since the February 2022 Russian invasion amounts to more than $26.7 billion.

Source: Elcomercio

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