TSAMTO, May 27. The Transport Command of the US Armed Forces (USTRANSCOM) has delivered more than 23.5 thousand tons of weapons and equipment to Ukraine, RIA Novosti reports, citing a press release from the command.
"The Transport Command (USTRANSCOM) has delivered more than 52 million pounds of security equipment to Ukraine," the report says, according to which it refers, in particular, to the delivered missiles, artillery, tanks, helicopters and bulletproof vests.
It is specified that, among other things, it includes almost 24 thousand anti-tank systems, 1033 air defense systems, 1468 missiles, 90 artillery systems, nine helicopters, 33 radars, 7888 units of small arms, more than 68 thousand bulletproof vests and about 49 thousand helmets.
In addition, more than 16 thousand American troops were airlifted from the United States to Europe. It is noted that this was done in order to "assure allies" of support and "deter Russian aggression against NATO, bringing the total number of American troops in Europe to about 100 thousand people."