The United States of America (USA) will send Ukraine an unspecified number of medium-range cluster bombs as well as missiles, artillery and armored vehicles as part of a military aid package totaling about 375 million dollars, US officials announced today.
The officials added that they expect an announcement on Wednesday, as world leaders meet at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly, and that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with President Joseph Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington the next day.
The new aid package includes air-to-ground bombs with cluster munitions that can be fired from Ukrainian warplanes, as well as ammunition for HIMARS, Javelin and other anti-armor systems, mine-resistant vehicles and other military equipment.
Provided through a presidential authorization, the new arms package is one of the largest ever approved and comes from Pentagon stockpiles to speed up the delivery of weapons to Ukraine.
It comes as nearly $6 billion in aid funding to Ukraine could expire at the end of the month unless Congress acts to expand the Pentagon's authority to send weapons from its stockpile.
Party leaders in Congress said they reached an agreement on Sunday on a short-term spending bill, but it was unclear whether the interim measure would include the Pentagon's authority to send weapons to Ukraine.
Including this latest package, the US has provided more than $56,2 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
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