
The package will include artillery systems, artillery rounds and armored personnel carriers, Biden said in a statement after a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiyy.
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.

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