Thread by @vik8867dn

1.News from the #USA Thursday, January 5, 2023.
A record joint US-German package of military aid to #Ukraine

Official message from the White House.

“President Joseph R. Biden and Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke by telephone on January 5, 2023 to exchange views⬇️

2.on Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine. They confirmed their support for the sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. They confirmed unwavering solidarity with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people in the face of Russian aggression.

President Biden and Chancellor⬇️

3.Scholz expressed their joint determination to continue providing necessary financial, humanitarian, military and diplomatic support to #Ukraine as long as necessary. For this, the #USA intends to supply Ukraine with Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and #Germany with Marder⬇️

4. infantry fighting vehicles. Both countries plan to train the Ukrainian military to work with the relevant systems.

In light of Russia's ongoing missile and drone attacks on #Ukraine's critical infrastructure, President Biden and Chancellor Scholz reaffirmed their intent to⬇️

5. continue supporting Ukraine's urgent need for air defense capabilities. At the end of December, the #USA announced the transfer of the #PATRIOT anti-aircraft missile battery to Ukraine. #Germany will join the US in supplying #Ukraine with an additional PATRIOT air defense⬇️

6. battery.
President Biden and Chancellor Scholz expressed gratitude for the military support provided to #Ukraine by other allies and partners, praised the ongoing coordination of the efforts of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine and welcomed the additional transfer⬇️

7. of air defense systems and combat vehicles."

#TheWashingtonPost newspaper, citing its confidential sources in the administration, reported that on Friday, President Biden will approve a record package of $3 billion in military aid to #Ukraine.

8. The package will include, in particular, dozens of M2 #Bradley infantry fighting vehicles (50 or more).

Glory to #Ukraine!
Glory to the Armed Forces!
#StandWithUkraine️
#RussiaIsATerroristState #StopRussia #StopPutin

9. BMP Marder.

10. In addition to 50 #Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, in the next package of military aid from the #US to #Ukraine, #SeaSparrow surface-to-air anti-aircraft missiles will be provided for the first time.

RIM-7 Sea Sparrow is a short-range guided anti-aircraft missile with⬇️

11. a semi-active radar homing head, developed in the early 1960s on the basis of the AIM-7 Sparrow air-to-air missile, adopted in 1976. Produced by Raytheon. The mass of the rocket is ~230kg, length - 3.64m, diameter - 203mm, wingspan - 1.02m. Minimum firing range - 1.5km,⬇️

12. maximum - 20-30km, height of impression - from 6m to 15.240m. Weight of the warhead – 40.5kg, flight speed – >3.5 Mach.
The cost of 1 piece is 165,000 dollars USA.

13.
The good news is also that the Armed Forces of #Ukraine have modified our existing Soviet BUK systems to launch these American missiles.
#StandWithUkraine
#StopRussia #RussiaIsATerroristState
#StopPutin