DOD Announces Additional $400 Million Military Aid Package For Ukraine

The Department of Defense (DOD) plans to send millions of dollars’ worth of additional military aid to Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), the agency announced on Nov. 4.
The assistance package is aimed at helping to build the Ukrainian forces’ capacity to defend its sovereignty in the long term and “underscores” Washington’s continued support to help meet Ukraine’s “most urgent needs,” a Nov. 4 press release by the DOD stated.
The department will send 45 refurbished T-72B tanks with advanced optics, communications, and armor packages; 1,100 Phoenix Ghost Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems; and 40 armored riverine boats.
The T-72B tanks included in the package are part of a trilateral coordinated effort between the United States, the Czech Republic, and the Netherlands….}