Ukraine Recap: US Announces $325 Million in Stingers, Bradleys
Emergency workers extinguish a fire at an apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on June 13.
Source: Dnipro Regional Administration/AP
The Biden administration announced a new $325 million military assistance package for Ukraine on Tuesday, including Bradley fighting vehicles, Stinger anti-aircraft systems, Stryker armored personnel carriers and Javelin anti-armor systems. The weapons, drawn from US stockpiles, will help Ukraine replace vehicles and munitions that it’s losing as it presses ahead with a counteroffensive aimed at expelling Russian forces.
Ukraine’s counteroffensive against the invading Russian forces is “making advances,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said during a visit to Washington. Russian President Vladimir Putin told Russian reporters and war bloggers that his country has almost tripled its arms production, but acknowledged that “there is still a lot we need. We need modern anti-tank weapons, we need modern tanks.”