US announces $250M Ukraine military aid package — but declines to lift missile restrictions
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced Friday that the US will send Ukraine a $250 million military aid package – but declined to lift restrictions that bar Kyiv from firing American-made long-range missiles into Russia.
The latest package will include air-defense missiles, rockets and artillery, armored vehicles and anti-tank weapons, which will come from Pentagon stockpiles and be paid for by the $60 billion supplemental funding bill Congress passed in April.
Specifically, the Defense Department is sending RIM-7, TOW and Stinger missiles and Javelins, as well as Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, M113 armored personnel carriers and Mine-Resistant Ambush-Protected (MRAP) vehicles.
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