The United States is going to provide Ukraine with new military aid worth $675 million, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on Thursday, as quoted by ABC News and Agerpres.
“Today (Thursday) we see clear success in our joint efforts on the battlefield,” congratulated Lloyd Austin before the opening of the meeting of the Contact Group at the US military base Ramstein in western Germany.
Kyiv’s allies are gathering Thursday at the U.S. military base in Ramstein to continue coordinating their military aid to Ukraine, which has been waging a counteroffensive in the country’s south since last week to push out Russian forces.
The fifth meeting of the contact group on the defense of Ukraine, which is being held at the invitation of Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, aims to prove the “unity and solidarity” of Ukraine’s allies, the head of the American General Staff said. , General Mark Milley.
Representatives of more than 40 countries and NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will meet at the base in Germany to discuss, in particular, challenges from the point of view of the production of conflict weapons.
“Ammunition consumption is very important in this war in Ukraine,” General Milley explained to the journalists accompanying him.
The Ukrainian army depends on the help of the West
Ukraine has exhausted all its Russian-made weapons, and now its defense is completely dependent on Western military aid.
On the other hand, according to Washington, Russia went to North Korea to purchase a large number of missiles and artillery shells.
The US, Ukraine’s main provider of military support, has already pledged to send $13.5 billion worth of various weapons, mainly Javelin anti-tank missiles, artillery pieces and shells compatible with NATO artillery systems.
Washington also sent several GPS-guided HIMARS launchers, which are widely used in southern and eastern Ukraine.
The largest package of military aid to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the amount of almost 3 billion dollars was announced by US President Joe Biden on August 24, when Ukraine celebrated Independence Day.
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Source: Hot News RU
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