I am certain that all the equipment had been delivered covertly before this announcement was made.

All in all, these lethal weapons will cause some small concern for Russia.

An additional $800 million drawdown package of security assistance is on its way to Ukraine. Efforts to get the newly authorized equipment and supplies to the Ukrainian military will begin immediately, said Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby.

"As you've seen [it] go in the past, from the time the president authorizes drawdown until the first shipments actually start landing in the region can be as little as four to five days and then another couple of days once they're there to get processed and actually in the hands of Ukrainian frontline forces," Kirby said.

The Defense Department is still delivering equipment from the last $800 million package for Ukraine, and Kirby said that'll likely be complete by the middle of this month. But the shipment of new equipment will begin immediately, he said.

"We're not going to wait," he said. "We're going to start getting these articles on the way, as well. So, we will literally start right away."

This most recent authorization is the seventh drawdown of equipment from DOD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021, Kirby said. About $2.6 billion in security assistance has been provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the Russian invasion on Feb. 24.

According to Kirby, the array of equipment that will be sent to Ukraine as part of the new drawdown package is broad. It includes 18 155 mm Howitzers, along with 40,000 artillery rounds. Also included are the AN/TPQ-36 counterartillery and AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel air surveillance radar systems.

To move Ukrainian troops around the battlefield, the package includes 100 armored Humvee vehicles, 200 M113 Armored Personnel Carriers, and 11 Mi-17 helicopters. The helicopters will augment the five Mi-17 helicopters sent to Ukraine earlier this year.

Additional Switchblade drones, Javelin missiles, medical equipment, body armor and helmets, optics and laser rangefinders, and M18A1 Claymore mines are also included in the package.

"Some of [these capabilities] are reinforcing capabilities that we have already been providing Ukraine and some of them are new capabilities that we have not provided to Ukraine," Kirby said. "All of them are designed to help Ukraine ... in the fight that they are in right now.

In addition to gear, the Department expects that there will need to be training provided as well. So far, much of what has been transferred to the Ukrainians have been systems they are already familiar with. An exception to that has been the Switchblade Tactical Unmanned Aerial System. For those, the Department trained Ukrainian servicemembers who were already in the U.S. for other kinds of training, allowing them to train others upon their return home.

This latest round of security assistance includes new kinds of capabilities the Department believes the Ukrainians may need training on before putting it to use. That includes the Howitzer system, the two radar systems, and possible the optics and laser rangefinders as well as the Claymore mines. There may also be additional training for the Switchblade system.

Because the Ukrainians are in an ongoing fight, any training will likely follow a "train-the-trainer" approach, to ensure the least impact, Kirby said.

"We're still working our way through what that's going to look like, where, when, how many," he said. "It's more likely than not that what we would do, because they are in an active fight, is a 'train-the-trainer's' program. So, pull a small number of Ukrainian forces out so that they can get trained on these systems and then send them back in."

It's also expected that specific types of troops will be trained on specific types of systems.

It's also expected that specific types of troops will be trained on specific types of systems.

"It'll likely be tailored," he said. "We'll pull troops out that, for instance, are artillerymen, to learn the Howitzer and then go back in and train their colleagues, rather than take an artilleryman and make them responsible for ... training everybody on all these systems."

Right now, it's unclear where such training might occur, Kirby told reporters, though he said it might happen in "multiple locations." Additionally, training on these systems by U.S. forces would likely happen with forces already in the region.

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Battle of superiority, while the innocent are caught in the line.
I remember lucky dube song. "Crazy world" leaders starting wars anytime they want, some for there rights, some for fun. Little boy say your prayers before you sleep.

So, now, can we now say Russia is fighting the entire Europe and Nato?

Elvictor:


So, now, can we now say Russia is fighting the entire Europe and Nato?

damn. See military equipments, very solid. Not the chaff wet 911 better pass way Russia dey use

Vickyvice:
damn. See military equipments, very solid. Not the chaff wet 911 better pass way Russia dey use

You will be shocked, that most of the weapons are Russia made.

one-tenth of these weapons are more than enough to wipe away Boko haram. Pls USA, i beg make una reason our matter too

doctorexcel:
one-tenth of these weapons are more than enough to wipe away Boko haram. Pls USA, i beg make una reason our matter too

When they wanted to use gas to put boko hara. To sleep and rescue Chibok girls what happened?

They noticed the terrorist were wearing gas mask when it was close to the operation commencing.

Its better to fight Russia today, coz no matter how long you delay it, you must face them someday

doctorexcel:
one-tenth of these weapons are more than enough to wipe away Boko haram. Pls USA, i beg make una reason our matter too

Did Buhari tell you, he wants to wipe away Boko Haram?

abobote:

Did Buhari tell you, he wants to wipe away Boko Haram?

See wahala.

Elvictor:


So, now, can we now say Russia is fighting the entire Europe and Nato?

Whatever you call it
If Putin doesn't fall, the world will not know peace

Kr1ss216:

See wahala.

Don't forget, they one's nomination him to negotiate for them

Men should fight Biko ... We want WAR, so the world can have peace.

abobote:

Whatever you call it
If Putin doesn't fall, the world will not know peace

Useless child, what do you understand about war

Putin really miscalculated. Fighting military and economic war with the west is just suicidal.

Vickyvice:
damn. See military equipments, very solid. Not the chaff wet 911 better pass way Russia dey use

And they are still on the loosing side

AGNESikpuNNU:
Men should fight Biko ... We want WAR, so the world can have peace.

That's why they are lot's of women everywhere. Because the men are dieing.

abobote:

Whatever you call it
If Putin doesn't fall, the world will not know peace

That was how George Bush and Tony Blair brain washed vulnerable people like you
That the whole world will be safe if Saddam Hussain and M. Gaddafi is dead. Today Libya disintegration gave birth to insecurity in Africa.

It seems the real war Is just starting

Elvictor:


You will be shocked, that most of the weapons are Russia made.

Na lie abeg....
Those stuffs are made by America's arm industries.
Who dashed monkey banana?

That briefcase wey Putin dey carry around 24/7 dey give me concern, make dat man no open the briefcase press anything there o, na total disaster for the entire world be dat, I still wan enjoy life o!

OneCandleAway:


When they wanted to use gas to put boko hara. To sleep and rescue Chibok girls what happened?

They noticed the terrorist were wearing gas mask when it was close to the operation commencing.

Which only means that an insider possibly from the north was leaking info to them.

abobote:

Whatever you call it
If Putin doesn't fall, the world will not know peace

Na so. Genocide is currently happening in Central Arica Republic, Western cameroon, somalia, Yemen, Northern Nigeria, Afghanistan, sudan, south-sudan, congo, etc. and all you can think of to guarantee world peace is Putin's death? Really? I don't think Putin is integral to world peace. In fact, the event in Ukraine can be settled in few days, and it's not as deadly, or complex as what's happening in some of the countries mentioned above.

Russia go hear am soon

RUSSIA FIGHTING THE ENTIRE WEST.

Toktee:
Na lie abeg.... Those stuffs are made by America's arm industries. Who dashed monkey banana?

next week Ukraine will still cry for weapons Russia go bomb them finish bet......

There is enough money for war and destruction, but not enough for poverty and hunger


Man is stupid

Toktee:
Na lie abeg....
Those stuffs are made by America's arm industries.
Who dashed monkey banana?

You wan bet?

Merisbankie:

next week
Ukraine will still cry for weapons
Russia go bomb them finish
bet......

Noise.

Of what use is the weapon when the people you are donating it to can't use them due to lack of technical knowledge. US F-35 jets keep crashing and damaged in Japan, south korea and other countries that bought them even in training.

What Ukraine needs are Soviet weapons they are used to or Russian built weapons they have used before. A gun is as good as the man behind it..

Russia is about to capture most of this equipments for their lab and military research centers to study for duplication, same reason why Germany is reluctant in sending in their modern equipments to Ukraine.