{"id":2016399,"date":"2023-08-30T05:46:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:46:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-ukraine-another-250-million-in-military-aid-after-pentagon-accounting-error\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T05:46:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T09:46:53","slug":"us-to-send-ukraine-another-250-million-in-military-aid-after-pentagon-accounting-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-ukraine-another-250-million-in-military-aid-after-pentagon-accounting-error\/","title":{"rendered":"US to provide Ukraine with additional $250M in military aid due to Pentagon accounting error."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fus-to-send-ukraine-another-250-million-in-military-aid-after-pentagon-accounting-error%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2016399&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div data-post-content=\"true\" class=\"post_content\" id=\"post_content\">\n<h2>The Biden Administration Sends $250 Million in Weapons and Ammunition\u200c to\u2063 Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200b Biden administration is \u200btaking action to\u2062 support Ukraine in its\u2064 ongoing\u200c counteroffensive against Russia.\u2062 In a significant \u200cmove, $250 million worth of weapons and ammunition will be sent to Ukraine to bolster its military capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>This military aid package will be executed\u2064 using\u200d presidential\u200c drawdown authority (PDA), which allows the Pentagon\u200b to quickly transfer \u200bweapons from existing U.S. stockpiles to Ukraine. This marks the 45th drawdown of equipment\u2063 from U.S. stocks to Ukraine since August 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The package includes a range\u2062 of essential equipment, such as AIM-9M missiles \u200dfor air defense, munitions for\u2063 High Mobility Artillery Rocket \u200dSystems, artillery \u2063ammunition,\u200b mine-clearing equipment, \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-announces-new-800-million-security-assistance-package-for-ukraine\/\" title=\"Biden Announces New 0 Million Security Assistance Package For Ukraine\">anti-armor systems<\/a>, small arms ammunition, medical \u200bvehicles, and demolition munitions for obstacle clearing.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related\u2062 Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/russia-charges-us-consulate-worker-with-gathering-intel-about-ukraine-war-5482603\">Russia Charges US \u200bConsulate Worker With Gathering\u2064 Intel About Ukraine \u200bWar<\/a> (8\/29\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/zelenskyy-says-ukraine-elections-could-happen-on-time-if-theres-enough-western-funding-5481975\">Zelenskyy Says \u2064Ukraine Elections Could Happen on Time If There&#8217;s Enough Western Funding<\/a> (8\/28\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White \u2064House press secretary \u200dKarine Jean-Pierre emphasized the importance of \u200cthis aid package, stating that it will provide \u200dcrucial\u2062 support to Ukrainian forces \u200bon \u2062the battlefield and enhance their air defenses. She also\u2063 condemned Russia&#8217;s continued brutal attacks on Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>The funding for this\u2064 $250 million package comes from an &#8220;accounting error&#8221; announced by\u200b the Pentagon in June. The error resulted in an overcounting of the value of weapons sent to Ukraine over the past\u2063 two years, freeing up additional funding.<\/p>\n<p>Since Russia&#8217;s invasion in February 2022, the United States has already\u200b provided Ukraine with over $43 \u2063billion worth of \u2062military assistance. This assistance has been delivered through\u2062 the PDA and the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), with the USAI taking longer to arrive compared to the PDA.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>Servicemen\u200c of Ukrainian Military Forces move U.S. made \u2064FIM-92 Stinger missiles, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/securing-the-supply-chain-for-rare-earth-elements-is-crucial-for-defense\/\" title=\"Securing the Supply Chain for Rare Earth Elements Is Crucial for Defense\">man-portable air-defence system<\/a> (MANPADS), that \u2064operates as an\u2064 infrared \u2064homing surface-to-air missile (SAM), and the other military assistance shipped from Lithuania to\u200d Boryspil Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Feb. 13, 2022. (Sergei \u2063Supinsky\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This aid has been crucial in\u2062 providing Ukraine with the necessary weapons systems and ammunition to\u200c defend itself against the larger\u200b Russian military. However, much of the ammunition\u200d and weaponry has already been depleted during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-to-send-ukraine-another-250-million-in-military-aid-after-pentagon-accounting-error\/\" title=\"US to provide Ukraine with additional 0M in military aid due to Pentagon accounting error.\">18-month-long land war<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration remains confident in \u2064its \u2064ability to meet Ukraine&#8217;s needs\u200b through the fiscal \u2062year. However, there is a request\u2064 for a supplemental package, and they hope \u2064that Congress will approve it.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Secretary of State \u2062Antony \u200cBlinken expressed his support for continued aid to Ukraine, \u2063emphasizing the ongoing \u2064brutality of Russia&#8217;s war\u2064 and the need for Russia to \u2064withdraw \u200dits forces.<\/p>\n<h2>Ukraine\u2013Russia War Update<\/h2>\n<p>While Ukraine has faced challenges in its\u2062 summer ground operations, it has made significant progress in \u2063penetrating Russian territory. Notable incidents include the May assault on the\u2064 Kremlin and multiple drone strikes on Moscow&#8217;s civilian sites.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Russian officials accused Ukraine\u200c of targeting six Russian regions in a major drone attack. Drones hit an airport in Russia&#8217;s Pskov \u2064region, causing \u2063a massive fire and damaging\u2063 transport aircraft. Additional drones were\u2063 shot down in other regions, including the Moscow region.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Biden administration plans to provide Ukraine with an additional $250 million worth of weapons and ammunition to aid its counteroffensive against Russia. This military support will be expedited through the use of presidential drawdown authority, allowing the Pentagon to swiftly transfer existing U.S. stockpiles to Ukraine. This marks the 45th equipment drawdown by the Biden administration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":183,"featured_media":2016400,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2016399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/183"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2016399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2016399\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2016400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2016399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2016399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2016399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}