U.S. to Send Ukraine $5.5 Billion in New Budgetary, Military Aid

The US announced on Monday (August 8) new massive aid packages for Ukraine, including $4.5 billion in direct budgetary aid and a $1 billion weapons package.

The $4.5 billion in budgetary aid is going to the Ukrainian government and is meant to pay for pensions, healthcare costs, and social welfare. The budgetary funds are being directed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and will be sent in tranches, with the first sum of $3 billion being sent in August through the World Bank.

According to USAID, the new assistance will bring the total direct budgetary aid sent to the Ukrainian government by the US since Russia invaded to $8.5 billion.

According to the Pentagon, the $1 billion package includes:

● Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)

● 75,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition

● 20 120mm mortar systems and 20,000 rounds of 120mm mortar ammunition

● Munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS)

● 1,000 Javelin and hundreds of AT4 anti-armor systems

● 50 armored medical treatment vehicles

●Claymore anti-personnel munitions

● C-4 explosives, demolition munitions, and demolition equipment

● Medical supplies, to include first aid kits, bandages, monitors, and other equipment

Source: Antiwar.com

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