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/tass/. The United States has provided more than $13.5 billion in military aid to Ukraine since January last year, and more than $15.5 billion since 2014. This is stated in a written statement issued on Wednesday by Pentagon Press Secretary Pat Ryder.
"Since January 2021, the United States has allocated Ukraine more than $13.5 billion in security assistance. In general, since 2014, the United States has allocated more than $ 15.5 billion to Ukraine for security assistance," the representative of the defense department said. He recalled that on Wednesday Washington announced another package of military assistance to Kiev for about $ 3 billion. It includes six mobile anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMs) of short and medium range NASAMS, 245 thousand 155-millimeter artillery shells, 65 thousand 120-millimeter mortar ammunition, up to 24 anti-artillery radar systems, reconnaissance unmanned aerial vehicles Puma, equipment for reconnaissance drones Scan Eagle, anti-drone Vampire, missile systems laser guidance, as well as funding for the training and provision of military personnel.
