The US announced a new military aid package for Ukraine that includes significant reinforcements for air defence systems but will not include long-range ATACMS missiles.
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The next assistance package for Ukraine will include significant reinforcements for air defence systems but not long-range ATACMS missiles.
This is the fourth package announced in six weeks.
ATACMS are not off the table but will not be announced today.
The U.S. aid package for Ukraine that President Joe Biden will announce on Sept. 21 will not include ATACMS long-range missiles, according to Amanda Sloat, the National Security Council's senior director for Europe.
The latest tranche would include a very significant amount of air defense, which is the most critical capability that Ukrainians need now.
The much-anticipated $325 million aid package from Washington will not include the long-range missiles that Kyiv insisted it desperately needed, an unnamed American source told Reuters on Wednesday.
The latest round of military aid does include: Advanced air-defense systems (notably, the Avenger system), A second delivery of cluster munitions, HIMARS rockets and Javelin anti-tank projectiles, TOW anti-tank weaponry
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