The United States announced $800 million worth of military aid to Ukraine. Can you get any advanced weapon packages?
We saw from the official website of the US Ministry of Defense, Thursday (14/4/2022) Pentagon spokesman John F Kirby said that this weapon aid would be sent soon. Despite the previous aid packages, still some were sent to Ukraine.
"At least 4-5 days, then a few more days after it gets there to be processed and handed over to the frontline forces against the Russian invasion of Ukraine. We're not going to wait," Kirby said.
What are the latest advanced weapons that America will provide for Ukraine? The following is a list reported by Russia Today:
18 Howitzers 155 mm artillery gun and 40,000 rounds
10 Radar AN/TPQ-36 counterartillery
2 Radar AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air surveillance
100 Humvee combat cars
200 Panzer M113 Armored Personnel Carriers
11 Mi-17 tempur combat helicopters
300 Drone Switchblade Tactical Unmanned Aerial System
500 Javelin . Missiles
M18A1 Claymore Mine
30,000 Packages of medicine, bulletproof vests, helmets, laser guides and optics
"Some we have given before, some are new defense equipment that we have never given before to Ukraine," Kirby said.
In addition, the US Ministry of Defense will also provide technology training to Ukraine so that its soldiers can use this weapon. With the current state of war against Russia, America will use a training for trainer method for Ukraine. The goal is that these trained Ukrainian soldiers will be able to train other comrades.
"Because they are at war, this is a train the trainer program. We withdraw a small number of Ukrainian soldiers so they can be trained, then sent back to the battlefield," he concluded.