The recent military assistance is provided under the Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) which pulls weapons from U.S. stocks.

Washington announced on Nov. 1 a new military aid package for Kyiv worth $425 million, according to a U.S. Defense Department press release.

The day prior, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a joint press conference that the U.S. would “soon” provide Ukraine with another aid package in light of North Korean troops’ involvement in Russia’s war.

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The aid list includes munitions for NASAMS missile systems, Stinger missiles, ammunition for HIMARS rocket systems, tube-launched, optically tracked, and wire-guided (TOW) missiles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems, as well as 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition.

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  • @[email protected]English
    2•2 months ago

    I thought he meant much of the aid that Congress allocated hadn’t been spent, not that the shipments for stuff we did send were delayed.

      • @[email protected]English
        3•2 months ago

        Right, so monthly shipments like this are not what is being delayed, its that fact that only 10% of the total allocation from Congress has been spent so far. But that also needs to last till next year so not totally unexpected but wish it was more around 20-30% since we used to do $1.5 billion a month regularly and this would’ve been a good time to make an impact.