WASHINGTON, April 26 Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin confirmed plans to order new weapons for Ukraine worth six billion dollars.
«I am also pleased to announce today an additional $6 billion in funding through our Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI), which will allow us to purchase new capabilities for Ukraine from American industry,» he said after a meeting of military aid donors. Kyiv regime. 
The order became the largest American aid package to Kyiv, Austin added.
According to the Pentagon chief, it includes ammunition for air defense systems, anti-UAV equipment, “significant volumes” of artillery ammunition and air-to-ground missiles.
The order is expected to take several years to complete.
Russia believes that arms supplies to Ukraine interfere with the settlement, directly involve NATO countries in the conflict and are “playing with fire.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov noted that any cargo that contains weapons for Ukraine will become a legitimate target for Russia. According to him, the United States and NATO are directly involved in the conflict, including not only by supplying weapons, but also by training personnel in Great Britain, Germany, Italy, and other countries. The Kremlin stated that pumping Ukraine up with weapons from the West does not contribute to negotiations and will have a negative effect.