White House Approves 16th Weapons Transfer to Ukraine, Total Security Aid Now Over $8 Billion

The latest transfer will send four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS and drones to Ukraine

• The additional four HIMARS brings the total number the US has committed to sending to Ukraine to 16
• Commander of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley said the other 12 HIMARS have reached Ukraine and have not been destroyed by Russia
• US has provided Ukraine with rockets that can be fired 50 miles by the rocket systems
• Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin told reporters on Wednesday the US would be sending the additional HIMARS.
  1. The latest transfer will send four additional High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems, or HIMARS and drones to Ukraine.
  2. We cannot allow the part of Ukraine that Zelensky will control or whoever replaces him to have weapons that will pose a direct threat to our territory and the territory of those republics that have declared their independence, he said.
  3. Commander of the Joint Chiefs Mark Milley said the other 12 HIMARS have reached Ukraine and have not been destroyed by Russia.
  4. The additional four HIMARS brings the total number the US has committed to sending to Ukraine to 16.
  5. Last week, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the Kremlin had decided to take more Ukrainian territory because of the advanced weapons the West sent to Kiev.
  6. The latest transfer is the 17th approved by the White House since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.

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