U.S. announces largest weapons package for Ukraine
STORY: U.S. announces largest weapons package for Ukraine
DATELINE: Aug. 25, 2022
LENGTH: 00:01:12
LOCATION: Washington D.C.
CATEGORY: MILITARY
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the U.S. Air Force loading palletized explosives onto a C-17 Globemaster III for Ukraine at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware (Aug. 9, 2022)
2. SOUNDBITE (English): COLIN KAHL, U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy
STORYLINE:
The United States on Wednesday announced an additional tranche of security assistance to Ukraine worth nearly 3 billion U.S. dollars, the largest one-time weapons aid to Kiev that came as the Russia-Ukraine conflict reached the half-year mark.
SOUNDBITE (English): COLIN KAHL, U.S. undersecretary of defense for policy
"The Department of Defense has decided to provide an additional 2.98 billion dollars in security assistance to Ukraine under the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative or USAI. They include six additional National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) with additional munitions for NASAMS, up to
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