Posted on 07/25/2023 4:56:46 PM PDT by thegagline
The Biden administration approved $400,000 in additional military help for Ukraine Tuesday, marking the 43rd time the US has sent weapons from its own stocks to the war-torn country.
The latest package will include more air defense munitions, artillery, Javelins and other anti-armor weapons, 32 Stryker armored vehicles “and other equipment to help Ukraine counter Russia’s ongoing war of aggression,” the White House said in a statement.
The munitions will be used in Patriot air defense and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems, known as NASAMS.
The package will also include Hornet drones, Hydra-70 aircraft rockets, tactical air navigation systems and night vision and thermal imagery systems.
The ammo includes an undisclosed number of 155mm and 105mm artillery shells for howitzers, which would fill a need Pentagon leaders say Ukraine has for the success of its ongoing counter-offensive aimed at taking back Russian-occupied land.
Our focus is again on providing Ukraine with the security assistance that they continue to meet in their counter offensive and also in the long term,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters on Tuesday. “They’re receiving more artillery, more air defense, and that’s what we’re really focused on.”
When asked whether the US plans to send Kyiv new equipment, such as longer-range missile systems known as ATACMS — which are in limited supply — or American F-16 fighter jets, military officials from Defense Secretary Lloyd on down have said the US is focused on filling gaps in the supply of artillery, since shells are what has made the biggest difference in the war since its early months. ***
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If you can get all of those weapons for $400,000, I’m going to treat myself to a nice Christmas. I may even get some Hydra rockets for my wife…because that’s the kind of guy I am.
“The Biden administration approved $400,000 in additional military help for Ukraine”
Good to hear - that’s about 2 shells, when US Labor Union cost is factored in.
Better than nothing!!!!
All the named equipment far exceeds $400K…
Was that a hard decision for DementiaJoe?
Is anyone checking/auditing Biden’s dozens of shell companies?
...Just another accounting error.
Lol, one Stryker is $5 million.
Joe Biden’s $113 billion and growing U.S. taxpayer giveaway to Ukraine continues.
Joe Biden approves $400M more in Ukraine military aid
Couch loose change for the Bidens.
🤔🤔🤔
That’s just walkin around money for Zelenskyyyy.
I guess $400,000 bought what was left of US 155mm ammo reserves.
Apparently, Zelenskyy has been burning up the phone lines to the WH ever since the 1023 form was released. Hence, the sudden flurry of aid going to the Ukes over the past couple of weeks. He’s got old Brandon by the short ones.
Quite obvious Vlad is doing an extremely good job of destroying everything we are sending to Ukraine. The military equipment is being destroyed quicker than sent, the cash grifted off into Ukie pockets, aid being sold across the world on the black markets.
The Leopard death count now up to 20 something, our Bradleys, MRAPS, M113, Humvees and Strykers pictured in smoldering heaps across the world, when does this circus end?
$400k…one Javelin missile. Don’t make it go “boom” all in one place.
Where is Biden getting this money?
I always thought that the House controlled the purse strings.
We really are a banana republic.
Why did you alter the headline and text?
Was the NYP so bad that they immediately altered their ridiculous mistake?
You got the headline wrong. It is $400 million. Check the article.
I think there are a few zeros missing.
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