U.S. prepares $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine
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The first tranche will come from a bill that has not yet been signed, Reuters reported citing US officials.
Earlier, Politico pointed out that the US was already preparing a package "much bigger than the last one," which was 300 million dollars. Most of the U.S. weapons intended to help Kyiv are in warehouses in Germany and Poland, CNN's source said. Artillery shells will be among the first to arrive in Ukraine, he said.
The aid package includes vehicles, Stinger anti-aircraft munitions, additional ammunition for high-mobility artillery rocket systems, 155-millimeter artillery ammunition, TOW and Javelin anti-tank munitions and other weapons that can be used immediately on the battlefield, the officials said on condition of anonymity.
U.S. officials are now "putting the finishing touches" on the upcoming tranche so that it can be sent as soon as Joe Biden signs a document granting Kyiv aid, Politico writes.
The U.S. hopes to deliver some of the aid from the new package by May 9, but delivery by that date is still unlikely.
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