The United States will provide Ukraine with military assistance amounting to $500 million. U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced this during a meeting of the contact group on Ukraine at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany on January 9.
The military aid package "includes additional missiles for Ukrainian air defense, more shells, air-to-ground munitions, and other equipment to support Ukrainian F-16s," Austin stated, as reported by the Pentagon press service.
The military aid will be allocated through the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA), which allows U.S. authorities to send weapons to Kyiv from U.S. military stockpiles.
According to the Pentagon, the new (and final) aid package includes:
- AIM-7, RIM-7, and AIM-9M air defense missiles;
- air-to-ground missiles;
- support equipment for F-16s;
- armored bridge systems;
- secure communication equipment;
- firearms and ammunition;
- spare parts, support equipment, services, training, and transport.
During the meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group, held at the Ramstein Air Base in Germany, allies also approved roadmaps for supporting Ukraine until 2027.