AFP, AP and Sputnik
The newspaper La Jornada
Tuesday, July 30, 2024, p. 24
Washington. The United States announced yesterday a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 1.7 billion dollars, which includes anti-aircraft defense munitions and artillery that kyiv has insistently requested to confront a new Russian offensive.
At least $200 million worth of equipment is already in the U.S. military’s stockpile and is headed for the battlefield, while another $1.5 billion will be distributed in new orders that will take longer to reach Ukraine, the Defense Department said.
The package includes artillery cartridges, ammunition for precision rocket launchers Himars and anti-tank weapons, among other items.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on social media that he was Deeply grateful with his American counterpart, Joe Biden, and Congress for their support.
The announced aid includes items that are essential to strengthening Ukrainian defenses, as well as funding to maintain equipment sent by the United States.he added.
Zelensky yesterday visited special forces in the border region of Kharkiv, where the Russian military launched a surprise ground offensive in May.
The United States is a key military ally of Ukraine and has pledged more than $55 billion in weapons, ammunition and security assistance since Russia’s invasion in February 2022.
Germany delivered 21,000 shells for self-propelled anti-aircraft systems to Ukraine Gepard10 unmanned surface vehicles and eight tanks Leopard 1A5 (in cooperation with Denmark).
In addition, Berlin transferred two armored rescue vehicles to kyiv. Bergepanzer 2as well as 10 radar stations, 25 thousand helmets and a field hospital.
Meanwhile, Russian forces have captured the towns of Vovche and Prohres, a Ukrainian army sergeant in the eastern Donetsk region said, according to Radio Svaboda, which did not identify its source.
