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Ukraine had previously re-
ceived 210 Javelins through the
State Department’s Foreign Mili-
tary Financing program in 2018
and purchased an additional
150 Javelins that arrived in 2020.
The United States has commit-
ted about $3 billion in military
aid to Ukraine since Russia an-
nexed Crimea in 2014.electronic equipment, medical
equipment, vehicles and a steady
supply of Javelin missile systems,
according to the list The Post
reviewed. At least nine Island-
class patrol boats and five Mi-
transport helicopters have also
been provided to Ukraine from
the U.S. reserve of excess defense
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war is destined to turn into a
street fight, particularly if Mos-
cow is able to assert control over
key cities. The shipment list sug-
gests that the Biden administra-
tion anticipated Ukraine would
need to arm itself for a multi-
pronged invasion.
It affirms that the administra-
tion has sent Stinger man-
portable air defense systems, or
MANPADS, to Ukraine over the
past several days, weapons that
would aid soldiers targeting Rus-
sian aircraft. Those were provid-
ed alongside shipments of Jave-
lin missiles and launchers, a
mainstay of military assistance
to Ukraine since 2018, as well as
ammunition.
About $ 240 million of the
$350 million in military assis-
tance that was approved in late
February has already been trans-
ferred to Ukraine, according to a
senior defense official.
Those shipments are in addi-
tion to about $200 million in
military assistance approved forwell with the Ukrainians, talking
to them daily, as opposed to
periodic meetings that we did
before this crisis.”
John Kirby, the Pentagon’s
chief spokesman, declined to
comment. The list of materiel
reviewed by The Post generally
tracks with the administration’s
broad public statements about
the transfers. It does not contain
any information designated clas-
sified.
Though Ukrainian fighters
have managed to slow the inva-
sion, Russian forces continue to
make gains as they bear down on
urban areas. The capital, Kyiv,
and Ukraine’s s econd-largest city,
Kharkiv, have come under heavy
bombardment. Russian troops
also are closing in on the stra-
tegic port city of Mariupol, on the
Sea of Azov, and pressing from
Crimea toward Ukraine’s other
large port city, Odessa.
Many experts say that despite
the Ukrainian military’s efforts
to exhaust Russian forces, thesuch shipments, sending Stinger
antiaircraft missile systems for
the first time and further aug-
menting Kyiv’s supply of anti-
tank Javelin missiles and other
ammunition.
Ta ken together, the variety,
volume and potency of firepower
being rushed into the war zone
illustrate the extent to which the
United States sought to prepare
the Ukrainian military to wage a
hybrid war against Russia, even
as President Biden has expressly
ruled out inserting American
troops into the conflict.
“This is a continuous process.
We are always, always looking at
what Ukraine needs, and we’ve
been doing this for years now,” a
senior defense official told re-
porters Friday on the condition
of anonymity under ground rules
established by the Pentagon. “We
have just accelerated our process
of identifying requirements and
accelerated our consultations as
WEAPONS FROM A
Declassified list shows how U.S.
armed Ukraine ahead of conflict
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE/GETTY IMAGESUkrainian servicemen stand by as FGM-148 Javelins, a type of American-made man-portable antitank
missile provided by United States to Ukraine, are delivered at Kyiv’s Boryspil airport on Feb. 11.
Ukraine in late December that
included M1 41 single-shot shoul-
der-mounted rocket launchers,
M500 shotguns, Mk 19 grenade
launchers, M134 mini guns typi-
cally used for firing from helicop-
ters, and protective suits for
explosive ordnance disposal.
The Pentagon has declined to
specify the amount or confirm
the full roster of military equip-
ment being supplied to Ukraine
since Russian threats against the
country sharply escalated over
the winter. U.S. officials have
cited concerns about identifying
what capabilities the Ukrainians
have at their disposal.
The United States is one of
14 countries that have delivered
security assistance to Ukraine,
some of which includes materiel
that was originally provided to
other U.S. allies but was ap-
proved for transfer to Ukraine.
Such third-party transfers in-
clude anti-armor and antiaircraft
systems, according to the list
reviewed by The Post.
In the past year, the United
States has committed more than
$1 billion in military assistance
to Ukraine, the senior defense
official said. That includes coun-
ter-mortar radars, secure radios,OLEKSANDR LAPSHYN/REUTERS
A d estroyed car i n Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Saturday following recent shelling in the city during the
conflict with Russia. Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv has come under heavy bombardment.ANASTASIA VLASOVA/GETTY IMAGES
Destroyed Russian weaponry is seen in Sytnyaky, west of Kyiv, on
Saturday, as R ussia continues its assault on Ukraine’s major cities.Ask about
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