The U.S. State Department announced on the 9th (local time) that it would provide Ukraine with $89 million (116.3 billion won) to clear landmines buried by Russia during the invasion of Ukraine.
All of these will be used for the operation of 100 teams that will be organized to clear mines in an area of 160,000 square kilometers.
The State Department said in a statement that “an additional unlawful invasion by Russia has led to widespread land mines in Ukraine,” adding that “innocent Ukrainian citizens are dying from the land mines buried.”
The U.S. also announced on the previous day that it would provide an additional $1 billion (1.3 trillion won) of military aid to Ukraine.
These include the High-Speed Mobile Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), 75,000 155mm shells, 20 120mm mortar shells, 20,000 120mm mortar shells, munitions for the Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS), 1,000 Javelin anti-tank missiles, etc. This is included.
The United States has continued to provide military support since the outbreak of the Ukraine War.
This support is the largest ever on a single scale.
The US military aid to Ukraine since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February totaled $9 billion.
/yunhap news
