DOD announces $200M aid package for Ukraine

The Defense Department has announced a $200 million aid package to Ukraine, coinciding with a Washington visit from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

The capabilities in the package, funded via presidential drawdown authority, include:

• AIM-9M missiles for air defense;
• Air defense system components;
• Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS);
• 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds;
• High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs);
• Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles;
• Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems;
• More than 4 million rounds of small arms ammunition;
• Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing;
• Equipment to protect critical national infrastructure;
• Spare parts, generators, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.

DOD says it has around $4.5 billion in transfer authority remaining from Congress but only $1 billion to replenish U.S. weapons being sent to Ukraine.

Meanwhile, a $106 billion national security supplemental spending package remains stalled as Congress prepares to adjourn until January.