2023-05-10 04:18:00
A 155mm cannonball in the manufacturing bay of the Scranton Army Ammunition Factory in Scranton, Pennsylvania, on April 12./Hannah Beier/Getty Images
2023.05.10 Wed posted at 13:18 JST
（ＣＮＮ） On the 9th, the United States announced $1.2 billion in security assistance to Ukraine. There are speculations that Ukraine will soon launch a reversal offensive once morest Russia.
The aid includes 155mm artillery shells, additional air defense systems, drone ammunition, and equipment to help the Ukrainian military integrate existing systems with Western air defense missiles and radars. be
The Ukrainian side expressed its gratitude for the support from the United States.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a Twitter post that he was grateful for the solidarity shown on the day of victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
Defense Minister Reznikow welcomed the report, calling the new aid “a new package of security assistance.”
The support was first reported by the Associated Press, and was also reported by CNN on the 8th. The aid will be part of the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which will not directly draw from the Pentagon’s stocks, but will contract with manufacturers to purchase them. USAI is more concerned with securing a medium- to long-term supply of weapons than Ukraine currently needs.
U.S. military officials say the U.S. will continue to provide military support to Ukraine following the Ukrainian counteroffensive has begun, both to maintain Ukrainian forces and to supply new equipment to Russian forces waiting in the trenches. It is said to do.
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