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It includes missile defense systems and drones that Zelensky requested, but not the Polish MiG-29 fighter jets that the Kyiv government has sought to help secure the skies.

Here’s a rundown of what’s in the package, according to the White House:

• 800 ​Stinger anti-aircraft systems
• 2,000 ​Javelin​ anti-tank missiles
• 1,000 light anti-armor weapons
• 6,000 AT-4 anti-armor weapons
• 100 ​drones, reportedly Switchblade “kamikazes”
• 100 grenade launchers
• 5,000 rifles
• 1,000 pistols
• 400 machine guns
• 400 shotguns
• More than 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition, as well as grenade launcher and mortar rounds.
• 25,000 sets of body armor
• 25,000 helmets

The $800 million in assistance is part of approximately $2 billion worth of equipment provided to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration in January 2021. Previous assistance included:

• More than 600 Stinger anti-aircraft systems
• Approximately 2,600 Javelin anti-tank missiles
• 5 Mi-17 helicopters
• 3 patrol boats
• 4 counter-artillery and counter-unmanned aerial system tracking radars
• 4 counter-mortar radar systems
• 200 grenade launchers and ammunition
• 200 shotguns
• 200 machine guns
• Nearly 40 million rounds of small arms ammunition and over 1 million grenade, mortar and artillery rounds.
• 0 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs) and other vehicles
• Secure communications, electronic warfare detection systems, body armor, helmets, and other tactical gear
• Military medical equipment to support treatment and combat evacuation.