The White House announced on Monday, December 2, a new $725 million aid package for Ukraine under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) program, as reported by Voice of America.
This marks the "71st tranche of equipment from the Biden Administration allocated from DoD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021", - the report noted.
The package includes air defense systems, ammunition for rocket systems and artillery, and anti-tank weapons. According to the White House, this equipment will "additional capabilities to meet Ukraine’s most urgent needs".
The new package includes the following weapons:
- Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS);
- Stinger missiles;
- Counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (c-UAS) munitions;
- Ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
- 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition;
- Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS);
- Non-persistent land mines;
- Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided (TOW) missiles;
- Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
- Small arms and ammunition;
- Demolitions equipment and munitions;
- Equipment to protect critical national infrastructure; and
- Spare parts, ancillary equipment, services, training, and transportation.