On June 27th, 2023, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced additional security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This authorization is the Biden Administration's forty-first drawdown of equipment from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021. This package, valued at up to $500 million, includes key capabilities to support Ukraine's counteroffensive operations, strengthen its air defenses to help Ukraine protect its people, as well as additional armored vehicles, anti-armor systems, critical munitions, and other equipment to help Ukraine push back on Russia's war of aggression.

The capabilities in this package include:

- Additional munitions for Patriot air defense systems;

- Stinger anti-aircraft systems;

- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);

- Demolitions munitions and systems for obstacle clearing;

- Mine clearing equipment;

- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;

- 30 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles;

- 25 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers;

- Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;

- Javelin anti-armor systems;

- AT-4 anti-armor systems;

- Anti-armor rockets;

- High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);

- Precision aerial munitions;

- Small arms and over 22 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades;

- Thermal imagery systems and night vision devices;

- Testing and diagnostic equipment to support vehicle maintenance and repair;

- Spare parts, generators, and other field equipment

We are grateful to the USA for their support to Ukraine.