The Biden administration is trying to send billions of dollars of military equipment to Ukraine before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a move that is proving to be logistically challenging and raising concerns about depleting U.S. stockpiles, reports The Wall Street Journal.

According to the Journal, the Pentagon is sending to Ukraine more than 500 interceptors for the Patriot missile defense system and the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or #NASAMS.

Because weapons deliveries take weeks, sometimes months, the U.S. is looking into buying back weapons from other countries to give to Ukraine, according to the Journal.

More than $7 billion in drawdown authority, which allows the president to provide defense items such as ammunition and missiles from DOD's inventories to respond to foreign crises, remains unspent.

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The Biden administration is trying to send billions of dollars of military equipment to Ukraine before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, a move that is proving to be logistically challenging and raising concerns about depleting U.S. stockpiles, reports The Wall Street Journal.

According to the Journal, the Pentagon is sending to Ukraine more than 500 interceptors for the Patriot missile defense system and the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System, or #NASAMS.

Because weapons deliveries take weeks, sometimes months, the U.S. is looking into buying back weapons from other countries to give to Ukraine, according to the Journal. 

More than $7 billion in drawdown authority, which allows the president to provide defense items such as ammunition and missiles from DOD's inventories to respond to foreign crises, remains unspent.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/u-s-struggles-to-rush-weapons-to-ukraine-before-trump-takes-office-dfabb1fd

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Norway plans to deliver additional #NASAMS air defenses to Ukraine

The Norwegian NASAMS system saves Ukrainian lives and prevents the destruction of buildings and infrastructure," said Norwegian Defense Minister Bjoern Arild Gram.

"The Russian missile and drone attacks are extensive and brutal, so air defense is absolutely decisive for Ukraine. At the same time, I am concerned that we reacquire air defenses for our own defense as quickly as possible,"

https://kyivindependent.com/norway-plans-to-deliver-additional-air-defense-to-ukraine/

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Norway plans to deliver additional NASAMS air defenses to Ukraine

Norway announced on Feb. 9 that it had asked the parliament to deliver an additional 10 Norwegian Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) air defense launchers and four fire control centers to Ukraine.

Ukraine aktuell: "Glaube nicht, dass Putin blufft" | DW | 25.09.2022

Der ukrainische Staatschef Selenskyj hält einen Einsatz von Atomwaffen durch Russland durchaus für möglich. Ein Brite berichtet von Folter in russischer Kriegsgefangenschaft. Aktuelle Nachrichten im Überblick.#Ukraine-Krieg #Ukraine #Russland #WolodymyrSelenskyj #WladimirPutin #NASAMS #Dagestan #Slowakei #AidenAslin #Kriegsgefangenschaft #Uman #Juden
Ukraine aktuell: "Glaube nicht, dass Putin blufft" | DW | 25.09.2022

Ukraine aktuell: "Glaube nicht, dass Putin blufft" | DW | 25.09.2022

Der ukrainische Staatschef Selenskyj hält einen Einsatz von Atomwaffen durch Russland durchaus für möglich. Ein Brite berichtet von Folter in russischer Kriegsgefangenschaft. Aktuelle Nachrichten im Überblick.

U.S. to send Ukraine $5.5 billion in new fiscal, military aid

The United States will send an additional $5.5 billion in #aid to #Ukraine, made up of $4.5 billion in budgetary support and $1 billion in #military assistance, to help it come to grips with the turmoil of this year's Russian invasion.

The $4.5 billion budgetary grant will fund urgent government needs including payments for pensions, social welfare and healthcare costs, bringing total U.S. fiscal aid for Ukraine to $8.5 billion since Russia's February invasion, the U.S. Agency for International Development said.

The funding, coordinated with the U.S. Treasury Department through the #WorldBank, will go to the Ukraine government in tranches, beginning with a $3 billion disbursement in August, #USAID said.

It follows previous transfers of $1.7 billion in July and $1.3 billion in June, USAID said. #Washington has also provided billions of dollars in military and security support.

The $1 billion arms package announced by the #Pentagon is the largest single military package under President Joe #Biden's drawdown authority, including long-range rocket munitions and armored medical transport vehicles

It includes as many as 50 M113 armored medical transports and munitions for the U.S.-supplied #HIMARS long range rocket launchers and for the #NASAMS surface-to-air missile system. read more

The fiscal and military aid packages - both first reported by Reuters on Monday - are drawn from a $40 billion aid package for Ukraine approved by Congress in May. read more

Overall, the United States has contributed more than $18 billion to Ukraine this year.
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https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-us-send-45-billion-more-ukraine-budget-needs-2022-08-08/

U.S. to send Ukraine $5.5 billion in new fiscal, military aid

The United States will send an additional $5.5 billion in aid to Ukraine, made up of $4.5 billion in budgetary support and $1 billion in military assistance, to help it come to grips with the turmoil of this year's Russian invasion.