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WASHINGTON \u2015 The U.S. will send Ukraine<\/a> another $1 billion in weapons to fight Russia, including Harpoon anti-ship launchers<\/a> for the first time, and more ammunition for high-tech, medium-range rocket launchers, the Biden administration announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. aid will include two Harpoon launchers and an unspecified number of Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, or GMLRS, rockets for previously committed M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems<\/a>, or HIMARS, U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin<\/a> announced in Brussels. Also included are 18 M777 howitzers, 36,000 rounds of 155mm ammunition and thousands of secure radios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid calls from Washington and Kyiv for more and faster shipments of weapons for Ukrainian forces, Austin and Gen. Mark Milley<\/a>, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, acknowledged Russia\u2019s military superiority and defended U.S. and allied efforts to even the odds. With Ukrainian forces facing a tough fight for Eastern Ukraine, the U.S. has been sending arms meant to take out positions from which Russian forces launch brutal artillery barrages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you\u2019re in the fight, you can never get enough, and you can never get it quick enough,\u201d Austin said at a press conference with Milley. \u201cBut having said all that, we\u2019re going to work hard to make sure we\u2019re doing everything humanly possible \u2015 we\u2019re going to continue to move heaven and earth to get them the capability that they need.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new U.S. aid uses a combination of $350 million in presidential authority to draw equipment from U.S. military stocks and $650 million in the separate Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative. Defense officials say the Pentagon plans to use USAI to buy truck-mounted Harpoon launchers, which the U.S. doesn\u2019t operate, but the missiles themselves would come from allies and partners. Denmark previously committed<\/a> to providing Harpoons to Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Austin<\/a> hosted a meeting of about 50 nations at NATO headquarters in Brussels to discuss the weapons deliveries to the invaded nation. Afterward, he highlighted three multiple-launch rocket systems and GMLRS ammunition for Ukraine from Germany, Mi-series helicopters and rockets from Slovakia and artillery donations from Canada, Poland and the Netherlands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though Russia has more artillery, it\u2019s using it for mass fires and isn\u2019t necessarily hitting military targets, as Ukrainian forces are, Milley said. He argued Russia\u2019s slow-moving gains in the nearly four-month war don\u2019t mean its victory in Eastern Ukraine is inevitable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWar takes many, many turns, so I wouldn\u2019t say it\u2019s an inevitability, but I would say the numbers do favor the Russians. In terms of artillery, they do outnumber, they outgun and outrange … and they do have enough forces,\u201d Milley said. \u201cBut the Russians have run into a lot of problems. They\u2019ve got command and control issues, logistics issues, morale issues and leadership issues.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The administration pledged June 1 it would send the HIMARS, with GMLRS rockets that have a range of about 40 miles. Milley said Wednesday that by the end of the month, the U.S. will have supplied the systems and trained Ukrainian crews to operate and maintain them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within weeks, Ukrainian forces will have 10 multiple launch rocket systems from U.S., UK, and Germany, with more than 100 rounds of ammunition. \u201cThey\u2019re top notch gunners, and the effect that they\u2019re achieving on the battlefield right now with the [M777s] has been very, very good, very effective \u2015 and we expect the same out of the HIMARS,\u201d Milley said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. President Joe Biden announced the aid Wednesday after he held a call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The U.S. is also sending $225 million in humanitarian assistance, including medical supplies, food, shelter, and cash for families to purchase essential items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe bravery, resilience, and determination of the Ukrainian people continues to inspire the world. And the United States, together with our allies and partners, will not waver in our commitment to the Ukrainian people as they fight for their freedom,\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, left, greets Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov ahead of a NATO defence ministers’ meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, June 15, 2022. NATO defense ministers, attending a two-day meeting starting Wednesday, will discuss beefing up weapons supplies to Ukraine, and Sweden and Finland’s applications to join the transatlantic military alliance. (Yves Herman, Pool Photo via AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Noting \u201cpainful\u201d losses in Severodonetsk, which he said would be the key to controlling the Donbas region, Zelenskyy pleaded anew with the West for more and faster deliveries of arms in a statement Tuesday. Ukraine needs \u201cmodern anti-missile weapons,\u201d he said, adding that its air defense units had shot down \u201csome\u201d Russian missiles fired at Ukrainian cities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEven though Russia has fewer and fewer modern missiles with each passing day, Ukraine\u2019s need for such systems remains,\u201d Zelenskyy said<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Republicans and Democrats in Congress have criticized the Biden administration directly in recent days, urging it to do more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith, D-Wash., said he\u2019s told the administration \u201cnear constantly\u201d that it\u2019s been overly timid about sending Ukraine sophisticated systems like long-range artillery and the Grey Eagle, a reusable flying drone with a 200-mile range that is used by the U.S. Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think we need to be giving more sophisticated systems, particularly when it comes to drones and long-range artillery,\u201d Smith said Wednesday at a wide-ranging reporters\u2019 roundtable ahead of the administration\u2019s announcement. \u201cI think we ought to get them that equipment more quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The administration\u2019s been \u201ctoo cautious\u201d as it considers the risks of exposing U.S. technology and how long it will take to train Ukrainian troops, Smith added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The U.S. has sent Ukrainian forces the Puma flying drone and Switchblade loitering munition as well as the Phoenix Ghost, a new drone developed by the U.S. Air Force.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ukraine promised the U.S. it would not strike deep into Russian territory as part of the deal to acquire HIMARS \u2015 a step meant to avoid escalating the war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But Smith said he disagrees with Biden\u2019s decision not to supply Ukraine with longer-range rockets that can reach into Russia and that the U.S. should be sending even more artillery and ammunition to help Ukraine stand up to Russia\u2019s superior weaponry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cQuantity is a huge part of the issue right now,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Amid such criticism, Pentagon policy chief Colin Kahl said Tuesday the U.S. intends to continue to send Ukraine what it needs and that the powerful, precision GMLRS ammunition allows Ukrainian forces to get more impact for a single shot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThink of this more like the effect of an airstrike than launching off full salvos,\u201d Kahl said at a Center for a New American Security event. \u201cIn other words, you can do a lot for a little or you don\u2019t need a lot to have a significant effect.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall, the U.S. has committed about $4.6 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since the beginning of the Biden administration, including $3.9 billion since Russia invaded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pentagon has pivoted to supplying Ukraine with western weapons like the M777 howitzer or truck-mounted HIMARS as stocks from former Warsaw Pact countries that match Ukraine\u2019s Soviet-era weapons have run out, Kahl said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He downplayed reports of Russia\u2019s progress, saying both Russian and Ukrainian forces are taking \u201csignificant casualties.\u201d Still, Kahl said Russian President Vladimir Putin, after failing to take Kyiv in the war\u2019s early days, continues to want to take over Ukraine completely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cOur sense is that he has not changed his overall objectives,\u201d Kahl said. \u201cHe has designs on a significant portion of Ukraine, if not the whole country. That said, I do not think he can achieve those objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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