WASHINGTON, May 7 ― US President Joe Biden signed a new US$150 million (RM655.5 million) weapons package for Ukraine yesterday, providing additional artillery munitions, radar and other equipment in the latest in a series of transfers to help Kyiv repel Russia's invasion. “Today, the United...
WASHINGTON, May 7 ― US President Joe Biden signed a new US$150 million weapons package for Ukraine yesterday, providing additional artillery munitions, radar and other equipment in the latest in a series of transfers to help Kyiv repel Russia's invasion.
The new package will be worth US$150 million and include 25,000 155mm artillery rounds, counter-artillery radar, jamming equipment, field equipment and spare parts, a US official said.The new transfers would come from the remaining US$250 million in the Presidential Drawdown Authority, which allows the president to authorise the transfer of excess weapons from US stocks without congressional approval in response to an emergency.
The United States has been training some Ukrainian forces, outside Ukraine, on how to use systems like the howitzers.
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