US President Joe Biden officially ordered to allocate additional military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of up to $ 775 million, the press service of the White House said.
“The authority granted to me as the President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, I am realizing the present to the Secretary of State authority to dispose of the reduction of the Ministry of Defense in the amount of up to $ 775 million … in order to provide assistance to Ukraine,” the statement said.
Earlier on Friday, the Pentagon announced the allocation of the next package of military assistance to Ukraine. A package of $ 775 million will include ammunition for the Himars MLRS, 16 howitzers, 1 thousand Javelin anti -tank missiles, 15 scaneagle drones for intelligence, 40 armored vehicles with enhanced antimine protection (MRAP), HARM anti -radar missiles, 1.5 thousand anti -tank missiles TOW missile systems, mine clearance and military vehicles Hummer.
“We also study new means that will allow them (the Ukrainian military) to act successfully in terms of changing the battlefield not only in the east, but also in the south,” the Pentagon said, announcing new supplies to Ukraine, quote the Russian media.
What weapons are we talking about, it was not specified.