The US allocates a new $350 million military aid package to Ukraine, while the EU will supply shells worth $2 billion

The United States announced a new $350 million military aid package to Ukraine.

According to Al-Arabiya Washington Correspondent, weapons will be supplied from the Pentagon’s stocks. The aid package will include, inter alia, ammunition for HIMARS, howitzers, Bradleys, HARM missiles, anti-tank weapons and river boats.

Meanwhile, the European Union agreed on a plan to supply Ukraine with $2 billion in ammunition, writes the BBC.

“Our goal is to provide ammunition to Ukraine. Fast, the largest possible quantity and at the lowest price” - said EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell.

Russian troops in Ukraine fire about 20,000 shells daily, while the Ukrainian army is four to five times smaller. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky previously asked European partners to provide Kyiv with a million pieces of ammunition, including 155 mm shells. According to the DPA agency, this is how many new artillery shells the EU plans to supply to Kyiv in the next 12 months.

It is noted that in general, the EU hopes that deliveries will be made within the next two years. It is assumed that the countries that will transfer ammunition to Ukraine will receive compensation from European funds. It is not yet known whether countries outside the European Union, in particular the UK, will be able to take part in the implementation of these plans.

Experts warn that it could be many months before the current political agreement leads to concrete deliveries of munitions on the battlefield.

Earlier, the head of the US House Foreign Affairs Committee, Michael McCall, expressed hope that both Republicans and Democrats would put pressure on the White House to agree to send long-range missiles and F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine.

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