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«Within days, if not sooner» : Pentagon on when Ukraine to receive the first batches of armaments.
The U.S. Department of Defense has already started the process of delivering to Ukraine the capabilities allocated the day before in the latest defense assistance package, and expects that the first batches, including those of artillery rounds, will arrive in the near future.
This was stated by Pentagon spokesman General Patrick Ryder, Ukrinform's own correspondent reports.
"We have already started the process to move some of the weapons, ammunition, and equipment, which will be there (in Ukraine - ed.) within days, if not sooner," said the DOD spokesman.
He clarified that some weapons would be delivered urgently, while the shipment of other capabilities will take a bit longer.
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"But when it comes to essential capabilities, like ammunition, we are already moving out to make those deliveries," the general clarified.
As Ukrinform reported earlier, on Wednesday, April 24, U.S. President Joe Biden signed into law the bill on supplemental national security funding, which lays down, among other things, over $60 billion in aid to Ukraine. Later, the U.S. State Department said the country is allocating a $1 billion tranche of defense aid to the embattled nation.
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The defense assistance package to Ukraine, announced by the US administration on Wednesday, included RIM-7 missiles for air defense systems, Stingers, HIMARS munitions, NATO-type artillery rounds, Bradley IFVs, as well as other armaments and spare parts for the equipment already supplied.
Ukrainian air defenses down enemy missile in Dnipropetrovsk region.
Ukraine's air defense forces have shot down an enemy missile over the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region.
Nearly 40 civilian objects damaged in 1,887 Russian strikes on Donetsk region on May 5.
Russian forces launched 1,887 strikes on 19 settlements in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on May 5.
Borrell: It is important for EU to launch arms production in Ukraine.
It is important for the European Union to integrate the Ukrainian defense industry with the European defense industry and launch the production of military equipment directly in Ukraine.
Shmyhal says Ukraine a step before being invited to NATO.
Kyiv expects NATO countries to decide on Ukraine's application for NATO membership in July.
Ukraine already producing artillery rounds but still relying on international supplies - minister.
Ukraine has already resumed domestic production of artillery ammunition, but, taking into account the huge demand from the Defense Forces, it still relies on supplies of shells from partner countries.
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