What does the US million-dollar military aid package for Ukraine contain?

This Wednesday, the president of U.SJoe Biden, enacted the long-awaited law that will allow weapons to be sent to Ukraine and other aid worth almost 61 billion dollars. Furthermore, the norm establishes significant aid for Israel and the Indo-Pacific region, where there is tension with China.

Specifically, the law contemplates $95.3 billion in aid that is divided into 60.8 billion dollars for Ukraine, $26.4 billion for Israel and $8.1 billion for US allies in Asia, such as Taiwanas well as humanitarian assistance to the Gaza Strip.

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“It’s an investment in our own security,” he said. Biden after signing the pattern.

US President Joe Biden speaks after signing the foreign aid bill at the White House in Washington, DC on April 24, 2024. (Photo by Jim WATSON/AFP). (JIM WATSON/)

“We do not abandon our allies, we support them. We don’t let tyrants win, we oppose them. “We don’t just watch the world change, we shape it,” he added.

The president praised the political consensus reached between Democrats and some Republicans to advance the law, which had been paralyzed in Congress since October last year.

“This is what it means to be a global superpower,” Joe added. Biden.

On Saturday, the Chamber of Deputies approved the aid package, months after the president Biden join the project.

The Republicans of House of Representatives refused to approve more aid for Ukraine If Biden did not previously protect the border with Mexico to reduce the number of entry undocumented migrants.

Finally, before voting in favor, the most conservative Republicans included a section so that Ukraine undertakes to return, as if it were a loan, 10 billion dollars of this military assistance.

Since the beginning of the Russian invasion Ukraine As of February 2022, the United States has sent more than $44 billion worth of weapons, maintenance, training, and spare parts to Ukraine.

During most of that time, aid packages were routinely transferred every few weeks, recalls the AP agency. But the money was running out at the end of the fiscal year on September 30. And in mid-December, the Pentagon said it had run out of money and had to stop sending weapons because Congress needed to approve new funding.

US aid to Ukraine. (AFP).

For your part, Ukraine It has been forced to ration its weapons and is currently facing increasing attacks from Russian missiles and drones, which Kiev’s defenses are struggling to intercept.

Furthermore, given the lack of ammunition of the Ukrainians, the Russians made some progress on the war front.

Below is a detailed explanation of what is included in what is approved for Ukraine and first aid deliveries:

A Ukrainian recruit holds a Javelin anti-tank weapon during a five-week combat training course with the UK military, October 11, 2022. (Photo by Daniel LEAL/AFP). (DANIEL LEAL/)

After signing the law, Biden I say that Aid delivery to Ukraine would begin immediately. “In the next few hours, literally in a few hours, we will start shipping to Ukraine air defense ammunition, artillery for rocket systems and armored vehicles,” said the president.

Following this announcement, the State and Defense departments offered details of the first delivery of military aid to Ukraineworth 1 billion dollars.

This first delivery included 155 mm ammunition and ammunition for the rockets. HIMARSwhose range is around 80 kilometers, in addition to various types of vehicles, including armored vehicles mine protectiondetailed the Pentagon in a statement.

Anti-tank missiles will also be delivered Dartlight and easy to handle for Ukrainian troops.

The Javelin anti-tank missile launcher. (AFP).

Of the 61 billion approved for Ukrainearound 23 billion dollars would be allocated replenish American weapons, arsenals and installationsand more than $11 billion would finance current US military operations in the region, CNN detailed.

Furthermore, almost US$14 billion included in the account They would help Ukraine acquire advanced weapons systems and other defense equipment.

In a first reaction after the green light for aid, the President of Ukraine Volodimir Zelenskysaid that “Ukraine’s long-range capabilities, artillery and air defense are fundamental tools to restore a just peace as quickly as possible.”

He added that Biden told him on Monday that The United States would send air defense weaponry, artillery and long-range capabilities.

The United States’ ATACMS missile is fired from a launcher of the M142 high mobility artillery rocket system. (U.S. Army photo).

On Wednesday, U.S confirmed that earlier this month secretly delivered ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles to Ukrainewhich the Biden Government itself refused to send for fear that they could be used against Russian territory and thus worsen the conflict.

The missiles ATACMS were quietly included in the $300 million aid package announced on March 12 and finally delivered to Ukraine in early April, according to Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Garron Garn.

“It was not announced at the time that we were providing Ukraine this new capability to maintain Ukraine’s operational security at its request,” Garn said.

The exact number of missiles delivered was not reported.

According to the AP agency, Ukraine has already started using ATACMS long-range ballistic missiles shelling a Russian military airfield in Crimea and against Russian forces east of the occupied city of Berdyansk. It happened last week.

Videos posted on social media last week showed explosions at the military airfield in Crimea.

“These attacks demonstrated – once again – that Ukraine we can achieve victories on the battlefield when we have the right tools,” said Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi, the top Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee who has long pressed the government to send long-range weapons, according to the AP.

O ATACMS they give to Ukraine almost double the attack range – up to 300 kilometers (190 miles) – that he had with the medium-range version of the weapon he received from U.S last October, the AP said.

White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said that Thanks to the approved aid package, more ATACMS will be sent to Ukraine.

Adm. Christopher Grady, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the AP on Wednesday that the White House and military planners have carefully examined the risks of providing long-range fire to Ukraine and they determined it was the right time to do so.

He added that long-range weapons will help Ukraine eliminate Russian logistics nodes and troop concentrations outside the front line.

The Biden administration continues to make clear that weapons cannot be used to attack targets within Russia. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said Wednesday that the president has instructed his Homeland Security team to sent the ATACMS specifying that they would be used within the sovereign territory of Ukraine.

The war in Ukraine on April 24, 2024. (AFP).

Source: Elcomercio