India, April 25 -- Immediately after President Joe Biden signed the foreign security aid package Bill into law, the Defense Department announced a hefty new package of weapons and equipment worth $1 billion to support Ukrainian forces with urgently needed capabilities in its fight against Russia.
This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-sixth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories to Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority package includes air defense missiles, air defense interceptors, artillery rounds, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons.
According to the Pentagon, the capabilities to be provided to Ukraine include RIM-7 and AIM-9M missiles for air defense; Stinger anti-aircraft...