This new aid includes different types of armored vehicles but no heavy tanks.
The United States on Thursday announced a new round of military aid to Ukraine totaling $2.5 billion, including hundreds of armored vehicles of various types, but no heavy Abrams tanks.
This new tranche provides for the shipment of 59 Bradley armored vehicles, which will be added to the 50 light armored vehicles of this type promised on January 6, and 90 Stryker armored personnel carriers “which will provide Ukraine with two armored brigades”, a the Pentagon said in a statement.
A meeting Friday in Ramstein of the allied countries of Kyiv
Ukraine’s allies will meet on Friday at the US air base in Ramstein, Germany, to decide on additional military aid to kyiv. Ahead of the talks, pressure mounted on Berlin to approve the delivery of German-made Leopard 2 tanks.
Poland and Finland have indicated that they are willing to supply such tanks to Ukraine, but that they need Germany’s agreement for this.
