US announces $3.3b in additional military assistance for Ukraine
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The latest assistance includes 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, the US Defence Department said.
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WASHINGTON - The United States said on Thursday it would send hundreds of armoured vehicles plus rockets and artillery shells to Ukraine as part of a $2.5 billion (S$3.3 billion) military assistance package.
The package includes 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 90 Stryker Armoured Personnel Carriers, 53 mine-resistant ambush protected vehicles and 350 high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles, the U.S Defence Department said in a statement.
The 59 Bradleys included in the latest US package come after a previous 50 announced earlier in January.
The armoured Bradley has a powerful gun and has been used by the US Army to carry troops around battlefields since the mid-1980s.
The latest assistance also includes additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), eight Avenger air-defence systems, tens of thousands of artillery rounds and about 2,000 anti-armour rockets, the Defence Department said.
In total, the United States has committed more than US$27.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February last year.
Western allies have pledged billions of dollars in weapons for Ukraine.
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