The White House has prepared around $1.7 billion in new weapons and military funding for Ukraine.
White House national security spokesman John Kirby announced an approximately $200 million weapons package during a press call on Monday morning. This falls under President Joe Biden’s drawdown authority.
The Department of Defense (DOD) also announced another $1.5 billion in funds for the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. This funding, the department said, will help Ukraine sustain weapons systems that the United States has already allocated.
The DOD said the $200 million weapons package would include new shipments of National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, various short and medium-ranged air defense munitions, new High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, 155 mm and 105 mm tube artillery shells, 120 mm mortar rounds, various anti-tank missile launchers and anti-tank missiles, small arms, explosives and demolition equipment, communications equipment, electronic warfare equipment, and other spare parts and maintenance tools….