The United States will provide Kyiv with a new military package worth up to $500 million, the Pentagon said on June 27. The package contains ground vehicles, including Bradley fighting vehicles and Stryker armored personnel carriers, to support Ukraine’s counteroffensive and other equipment to “help Ukraine push back on Russia's war of aggression,” the Pentagon said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Twitter he was "sincerely grateful,” adding that the additional Bradleys and Strykers along with ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), Patriots, and Stingers “will add even more power." To read the original story on RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service, click here.
U.S. To Give Ukraine $500 Million In Additional Military Aid, Pentagon Says
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