Ukraine to receive another $400 million in aid from US

The United States is sending an additional $400 million in ammunition and generators to Ukraine, the White House said Wednesday.

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The aid includes 200 generators, an undisclosed amount of additional rounds for both the advanced NASAMS air defense systems and the HIMARS artillery systems, 150 heavy machine guns with thermal sights to shoot down drones, 10,000 120mm mortar rounds and another 20 million rounds of small arms ammunition, the Pentagon said.

More than nine months into the war, the U.S. has provided 104 million rounds of small- arms ammunition to Ukraine.

The flow of weapons comes as the Biden administration seeks to pass an additional $37 billion in military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine during the post-election session of Congress, before Republicans take over control of the House in January. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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