The new package will fund additional air defense systems and munitions, ammunition for counter-unmanned aerial systems, 155 mm artillery rounds and equipment to help modify Western air-defense launchers, missiles and radars to be used with Ukraine’s systems. Such weapons are critical as Russia continues to pound the country with rockets, surface-to-air missiles and drones Ukraine’s air defenses shot down 35 Iranian-made drones over Kyiv late Sunday night into Monday, according to officials. The secret material warned that Ukraine was running out of the weapons to keep Russian attack jets and helicopters away from ground forces. intelligence documents leaked last month. The newest weapons tranche will focus mainly on bolstering Ukrainian air defenses, a dwindling resource for Kyiv, according to U.S. The United States will provide the assistance under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, meaning it will purchase weapons from partners or defense contractors to then be delivered to Ukraine over the coming months or years - rather than pulling weapons directly from Pentagon stocks.
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