The Pentagon announced the total amount of US military aid to Ukraine
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency, citing Rashatodi, the US Department of Defense announced that since Joe Biden took office in January 2021, Washington has provided security assistance to Ukraine amounting to $56.1 billion!
With Biden’s presidency approaching its final days, Washington’s further military aid to Kiev depends on the outcome of the November US presidential election.
According to the report published by the Pentagon, since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has provided more than 55.4 billion dollars to Ukraine.
In this report, he provided a list of defense ammunition, artillery, mortar systems, anti-tank and anti-ship missiles, tanks, helicopters, drones and a dozen hardware and weapons. is.
Meanwhile, the Pentagon yesterday unveiled a new military aid package worth 1.7 billion dollars for Ukraine, most of which is air defense ammunition, artillery shells And it forms mortars, light weapons and explosives. This package is the 62nd package of equipment that will be provided to Ukraine from the Pentagon arsenal from August 2021.
Previously, proposals for military aid to Kiev to get the green light from Congress faced many challenges, such that this year a package of 61 billion dollars due to the opposition of the Republicans. It was undecided in the US Congress for months and was finally approved in April with a lot of struggle.
