Pentagon reveals info on $200M military aid to Ukraine, including more Javelins

WASHINGTON ― The Pentagon on Tuesday provided more details about the $200 million military aid package for Ukraine approved by President Joe Biden in December.

“This package includes additional Javelin and other anti-armor systems, grenade launchers, munitions, and nonlethal equipment essential to Ukraine’s front-line defenders,” said Marine Corps Lt. Col. Anton Semelroth, a Pentagon spokesman. “Those deliveries are ongoing.”

The U.S. Embassy in Ukraine on Tuesday afternoon reported that 79 tons of security assistance, including about 300 Javelins, arrived in Kyiv.

The package was not announced previously, but CNN broke news of the approval earlier this month.

“We have a $200 million package that the president just approved right before Christmas that we are now fulfilling,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told Fox News on Monday. “I think there’s been at least two, maybe three deliveries already just in the last few days. And they will include additional Javelin anti-tank missiles. They will include some air defense systems. They will include small arms and ammunition, certainly medical support, that kind of thing.”

On Monday, State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters that the latest tranche, authorized in December, arrived in Kyiv overnight Friday and into Saturday.

This week, the Pentagon put roughly 8,500 troops on a heightened alert in case of a Russian incursion into Ukraine, and Washington allowed the Baltic states to send American-made weapons to Ukraine.

Since 2014, the United States has committed more than $2.7 billion in security assistance to build the capacity of Ukraine’s forces, including more than $650 million in 2021 alone.

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五角大楼发言人、海军陆战队中校安东·塞梅尔罗特表示：“这批物资包括额外的标枪导弹和其他反装甲系统、榴弹发射器、弹药以及对乌克兰前线防御人员至关重要的非致命性装备。这些物资的交付仍在进行中。”

美国驻乌克兰大使馆周二下午报告称，79吨安全援助物资（包括约300辆标枪导弹）已抵达基辅。

该方案此前并未公布，但CNN在本月初率先报道了该方案获得批准的消息。

五角大楼发言人约翰·柯比周一告诉福克斯新闻：“总统在圣诞节前夕刚刚批准了一项价值2亿美元的援助计划，我们现在正在执行。我认为在过去几天里，至少已经交付了两到三批物资。这些物资将包括更多的标枪反坦克导弹、一些防空系统、小型武器和弹药，当然还有医疗援助等等。”

周一，美国国务院发言人内德·普莱斯告诉记者，12 月份批准的最新一批物资已于上周五晚至周六抵达基辅。

本周，五角大楼将大约 8500 名士兵置于高度戒备状态，以防俄罗斯入侵乌克兰，华盛顿允许波罗的海国家向乌克兰运送美国制造的武器。

自 2014 年以来，美国已承诺向乌克兰提供超过 27 亿美元的安全援助，以增强乌克兰军队的能力，仅 2021 年就提供了超过 6.5 亿美元。

乔·古尔德是《防务新闻》的资深五角大楼记者，负责报道国家安全政策、政治和国防工业的交汇点。他此前曾担任国会记者。

霍华德·奥特曼是一位屡获殊荣的编辑和记者，他曾担任《坦帕湾时报》的军事记者，此前还曾担任《坦帕论坛报》的军事记者，报道过美国中央司令部、美国特种作战司令部和特种作战部队等众多主题。