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The United States is sending Ukraine two NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems, four additional counter-artillery radars and up to 150 000 rounds of 155 mm artillery ammunition as part of its latest weapons packages for Ukraine.

The assistance package, worth about $820 million, was broadly announced by US President Joe Biden on Thursday in Madrid following a gathering of NATO leaders that was focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Pentagon offered more details on Friday as it formalised the announcement, and said the latest round of security assistance also included additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems .Russia’s stepped-up campaign of long-range missile attacks on Ukrainian cities has come as its forces have ground out success on the battlefield in the east, with a relentless assault to try to force Kyiv to cede two provinces to separatists.

Including the latest rounds of assistance, the United States has now committed approximately $6.9 billion since Russia forces rolled into Ukraine on February 24 and brought full-scale war back to Europe.

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Are these weapons going to be hold accountable or they gonna be found another day another time in wrong hands ie terrorist and heist criminals with advanced military equipment ?.

The US can now test some weapons. And the Europeans just watch.

The US is hellbent on fueling this war

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