The United States is sending Ukraine an additional USD 125 million in weapons to help in its military operations against Russia, including air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, said the White House.
The current package comes as Ukraine has launched its largest ground offensive on Russian soil since the war started in February 2022.
The offensive in the Kursk region has given rise to Moscow to declare an emergency and send reinforcements there. National security spokesman John Kirby said Ukraine’s use of US -provided weapons in the offensive was in line with administration policies.
The Biden administration has approved their use in cross-border counterstrikes against Russia but not against targets inside Russia, although the particular distances are not clear.
In this latest aid package, the weapons will be drawn from existing US stocks and will include Stinger missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) ammunition and vehicles.
It brings the total amount of US aid to Ukraine since 2022 to USD 55.6 billion. July saw the heaviest civilian casualties in Ukraine since October 2022, said the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Conflict-related violence killed at least 219 civilians and injured 1,018 in July, the mission said. On Friday, a Russian missile strike on a shopping mall in Kostiantynivka, in the eastern Donetsk region, killing at least 14 people and wounding 44 others.
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