The $400 million package includes four additional missile systems, additional ammunition for those systems, three tactical vehicles to “retrieve equipment, support Ukrainian repair efforts, resupply as the battle continues,” 1,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition, demolition munitions , anti-battery systems, and spare parts and other equipment, the official said. The 1,000 rounds of 155mm artillery ammunition. the US is providing Ukraine in this package is a “new type” of ammunition that the US has not previously given to Ukraine, the official added. “It has more precision, it gives Ukraine precise targeting, precise target-specific capability, it will save ammunition, it will be more effective because of the precision, so it is a further development in our support to Ukraine in this battle for Donbass. ” said the official. The U.S. provided Ukraine with a total of 12 high-mobility artillery rocket systems with the commitment of those additional four systems, the official said. A senior military official said “over 100” Ukrainians have been trained in the systems so far. Reports that the Russians have destroyed two high-mobility artillery missile systems are false, the official added. “The ones already provided are fully accounted for, the Ukrainians are still using them in the fight,” the official said.
