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A US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was expected to be military aid package The new one is about the size of the previous package, but details are still being worked out.
NBC News was the first to report on the new package.
و .علنت Biden administration Last week, it announced additional aid worth $800 million, including artillery systems artillery shells, armored personnel carriers and autonomous coastal defense boats, expanding the range of equipment sent to Kyiv To include new types of heavy equipment.
And if the new aid package comes as expected, the total will riseUS military aid to Ukraine Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February to more than three billion dollars.
And she had said US Department of Defense Ukraine’s partners supplied it with additional military aircraft and spare parts for repairing others in the Kyiv arsenal that were damaged or not working.
Ukraine has defied the expectations of allies and military experts not only by keeping its air force in operation nearly two months after the start of the war. war in ukrainebut already repairing aircraft and adding to their inventory, it seems.
Did not provide a spokesperson The Pentagon John Kirby details which countries have provided planes, but acknowledged new transfers were taking place and said Ukraine had more operational combat aircraft than it did two weeks ago.
He said in a press briefing "They have received additional planes and spare parts to help them operate more planes"without giving details.
He added that Washington did not provide Kyiv with aircraft.
continued "We certainly helped ship some extra spare parts that helped meet their planes’ needs, but we didn’t move entire planes".
However, this situation may soon change after the United States announced plans to move Russian-made helicopters To Ukraine was previously bound for Afghanistan.
More than 50 days into the war, Ukraine’s airspace is still contested in part due to Ukraine fleet of aircraft and air defenses, including shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles provided by the United States and its allies.
This allowed Ukraine to wage a more effective ground campaign than if Russia had had air dominance.
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A US official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said it was expected to be military aid package The new one is about the size of the previous package, but details are still being worked out.
NBC News was the first to report on the new package.
و .علنت Biden administration Last week, it announced additional aid worth $800 million, including artillery systems artillery shells, armored personnel carriers and autonomous coastal defense boats, expanding the range of equipment sent to Kyiv To include new types of heavy equipment.
And if the new aid package comes as expected, the total will riseUS military aid to Ukraine Since the start of the war in Ukraine in February to more than three billion dollars.
And she had said US Department of Defense Ukraine’s partners supplied it with additional military aircraft and spare parts for repairing others in the Kyiv arsenal that were damaged or not working.
Ukraine has defied the expectations of allies and military experts not only by keeping its air force in operation nearly two months after the start of the war. war in ukrainebut already repairing aircraft and adding to their inventory, it seems.
Did not provide a spokesperson The Pentagon John Kirby details which countries have provided planes, but acknowledged new transfers were taking place and said Ukraine had more operational combat aircraft than it did two weeks ago.
“They have received additional planes and spare parts to help them operate more planes,” he told a news briefing, without giving details.
He added that Washington did not provide Kyiv with aircraft.
“We certainly helped in shipping some additional spare parts that helped meet the needs of their planes, but we didn’t move entire planes,” he added.
However, this situation may soon change after the United States announced plans to move Russian-made helicopters To Ukraine was previously bound for Afghanistan.
More than 50 days into the war, Ukraine’s airspace is still contested in part due to Ukraine fleet of aircraft and air defenses, including shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles provided by the United States and its allies.
This allowed Ukraine to wage a more effective ground campaign than if Russia had had air dominance.