প্রকাশ: 02/07/2022
The United States is
sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional
counter-artillery radars and up to 150,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition
as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine, the Pentagon said on
Friday.
The assistance package, worth about $820 million, was
broadly announced by US President Joe Biden on Thursday in Madrid following a
gathering of NATO leaders that was focused on Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
"Ukrainians continue to face a brutality highlighted
once again this week by an attack that struck a shopping mall filled with
civilians. They continue to fight for their country, and the United States
continues to stand by them and their just cause," US Secretary of State
Antony Blinken said in a statement about the assistance.
Ukrainian officials have said a Kh-22 missile fired by a
Russian bomber hit a crowded shopping mall in the central city of Kremenchuk on
Monday, killing at least 19 people. That strike drew condemnation from Western
leaders and the Pope but Russia rejected Ukraine's account, saying the missile
had struck a store of Western-supplied weapons next to the mall, causing it to
catch fire.
The Pentagon offered more details on Friday as it formalized
the announcement, and said the latest round of security assistance also
included additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems
(HIMARS).
The counter artillery radars being sent are the
Raytheon-Technologies AN/TPQ-37 systems, a senior defense official told
reporters. This is the first time these systems are being sent to Ukraine which
have about triple the effective range of the previously sent AN/TPQ-36 systems.
The new US aid is meant to bolster Ukraine as it confronts
heavy pounding by Russian artillery. Russia's stepped-up campaign of long-range
missile attacks on Ukrainian cities has come as its forces have ground out
success on the battlefield in the east, with a relentless assault to try to
force Kyiv to cede two provinces to separatists.
Including the latest rounds of assistance, the United States
has now committed approximately $6.9 billion since Russia forces rolled into
Ukraine on Feb. 24 and brought full-scale war back to Europe.
- Reuters
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