(Washington Composite Electric) The United States is ready to provide more than $ 2 billion (about S $ 2.6 billion) military assistance to Ukraine. It is expected that the new supporting facilities will include a long range of rockets and other ammunition and weapons, but Ukraine does not require strong requirementsRemote missile.
Two informed U.S. officials revealed on Tuesday (January 31) that the White House will announce the details of assistance this week.The White House refused to comment.
An official said that US $ 1.725 billion of the new supporting facilities will come from the "Ukrainian Security Aid Initiative" (USAI) fund.There are arms.
can hit the current cannot be touched
Under this new military assistance, Ukraine will get a new weapon: land -shooting small diameter bomb (GLSDB), a range of about 150 kilometers, Boeing products.The United States has previously refused to provide the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) for Ukraine, which has a range of 297 kilometers.
After the Ukrainian Army has the GLSDB gliding bomb, it can crack down on the current target that cannot be touched, and further disturb the Russian army and strengthen the counterattack of the Russian army.
Reuters first reported that Boeing would provide GLSDB for Ukraine in November last year. At that time, GLSDB was expected to transport Ukraine in spring.
GLSDB is jointly produced by Boeing and Swedish weapon manufacturing group Saab AB. It consists of GBU-39 small diameter bombs and M26 rocket engines. Both are common in US inventory.
According to the Saab Group website, GLSDB is guided by global positioning systems, which can overcome some electronic interference, can be used around the clock, and can deal with armored vehicles.The GBU-39 warhead has a small folding wing. If it is thrown from the aircraft, it can glide more than 100 kilometers and hit the target of less than 1 meter in diameter.
Knowledge officials say that USAI funds will also be used to buy eagle -type air defense systems, anti -drone systems, anti -artillery and air surveillance radar, communication equipment, American lion drones, Patriot air defense systems and BradeliAccessories of the chariot system.
In addition, this assistance supporting support contains a large amount of medical equipment, which is enough to equip three field hospitals donated by another allies.
In addition to the USAI fund, it is expected to have more than 400 million US dollars of assistance from the "Presidential Dial -up right" fund. U.S. Presidents can use US inventory weapons through this fund in emergency situations.
It is expected that this assistance will include land -proof anti -ambush vehicles, guiding multiple rocket systems and ammunition.Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, the United States has provided Ukraine with a total value of about $ 27.2 billion in security aid.
On the other hand, Ukrainian Prime Minister Shmegal announced that Ukraine and the European Union will hold a summit on Kiev on Friday (February 3).He said that the summit was "extremely important" for Kiev's application to join the European Union, and the summit held a "strong signal" to Moscow and the world in Kiev.Shmegal did not explain what representatives of the European Union attended.
