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The United States said on Thursday said, it would send hundreds of armored vehicles plus rockets and artillery shells to Ukraine as part of a 2.5 billion dollar military assistance package.
The US Defense Department said in a statement that the package includes 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers, 53 mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicles and 350 high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles.
The armored Bradley has a powerful gun and has been used by the US Army to carry troops around battlefields since the mid-1980s.
The Defense Department said, the latest assistance also includes additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), eight Avenger air-defense systems, tens of thousands of artillery rounds and about 2,000 anti-armor rockets.
In total, the United States has committed more than 27.4 billion dollar in security assistance to Ukraine, since the conflict with Russia began in February last year.