US to announce $500 million in military aid to Ukraine: official

The Pentagon, the headquarters of the US Department of Defense, will soon announce $500 million in military aid to Ukraine, which will include more than 50 heavy armored vehicles and missiles for air defense systems. American officials gave this information on Monday. Leaders of Ukraine and Western countries are closely monitoring the situation after Russia declared an uprising over the weekend. Although the rebellion did not last long, it raised questions about the internal state of Russia. The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the aid was aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s ability to launch a retaliatory strike, which appears to be very weak in its early stages.

At the same time, there was no clear sign on Monday that Ukraine’s military has been able to take advantage of the problems Russia has created after the short-lived rebellion of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s private military group Wagner. This aid package can be announced on Tuesday. This will be the 41st time since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that the US will announce arms and military equipment to Kiev through a presidential drawdown authority. The announcement will allow the Pentagon to quickly collect defense supplies from its stockpiles and deliver them to Ukraine.

The US will send 30 Bradley fighting vehicles and 25 Armored Stryker vehicles to Ukraine, along with missiles for the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) and Patriot air defense systems, officials said. He said the US aid to Kiev would also include Javelin and high-speed anti-radiation (HARM) missiles, subversive munitions, obstacle-resolution equipment, artillery shells and other ammunition.

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