{"id":1267265,"date":"2025-07-24T22:59:47","date_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:59:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/the-us-approved-the-sale-of-equipment-for-m109-self-propelled-guns-and-air-defense-to-ukraine-for-330-million\/"},"modified":"2025-07-24T22:59:47","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T19:59:47","slug":"the-us-approved-the-sale-of-equipment-for-m109-self-propelled-guns-and-air-defense-to-ukraine-for-330-million","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/the-us-approved-the-sale-of-equipment-for-m109-self-propelled-guns-and-air-defense-to-ukraine-for-330-million\/","title":{"rendered":"The US approved the sale of equipment for M109 self-propelled guns and air defense to Ukraine for $330 million"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The US State Department has decided to sell equipment for M109 self-propelled howitzers and air defense systems to Ukraine for $330 million.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsca.mil\/Press-Media\/Major-Arms-Sales\/Article-Display\/Article\/4254520\/ukraine-m109-self-propelled-howitzer-maintenance-repair-and-overhaul-capability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">was reported<\/a> by the US Defense and Security Cooperation Agency.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The State Department has approved the possible sale to the Government of Ukraine of military maintenance, repair, and overhaul equipment for M109 self-propelled howitzers and related equipment valued at approximately $150 million,&#8221; the statement said.<\/p>\n<p> It is noted that Ukraine has requested the acquisition of:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> equipment and services for the modernization of the M109 SUA;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> technical assistance;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> staff training and training equipment.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> The US State Department also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsca.mil\/Press-Media\/Major-Arms-Sales\/Article-Display\/Article\/4254530\/ukraine-air-defense-sustainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">decided<\/a> to sell Ukraine air defense support equipment and related equipment worth approximately $180 million.<\/p>\n<p> The United States will provide Ukraine with:<\/p>\n<ul><\/p>\n<li> modifications and maintenance;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> spare parts;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> consumables and accessories;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> repair and return support;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> personnel training and training equipment;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> engineering, technical and logistical services to the US government and contractors;<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li> and other related logistics and program support elements.<\/li>\n<p><\/ul>\n<p> &#8220;The proposed sale will enhance Ukraine&#8217;s ability to counter current and future threats by further equipping it to conduct self-defense and regional security missions,&#8221; the US State Department said.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier it became known that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/derzhdep-ssha-zatverdyv-velykyy-paket-dopomohy-ukraini-perelik-zbroi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the US State Department approved two new military aid packages for Ukraine. One of them concerns HAWK air defense systems, the other &#8211; the restoration of Bradley infantry fighting vehicles<\/a> . The total cost of both packages exceeds $320 million.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ssha-ponovyly-postachannia-155-mm-snariadiv-i-raket-gmlrs-dlia-ukrainy-zmi\/\">the United States of America has resumed supplies of 155 mm artillery shells and GMLRS precision-guided rockets to Ukraine,<\/a> which were suspended the day before.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-post__content font-rules\">\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US State Department has decided to sell equipment for M109 self-propelled howitzers and air defense systems to Ukraine for $330 million. This was reported by the US Defense and Security Cooperation Agency. &#8220;The State Department has approved the possible sale to the Government of Ukraine of military maintenance, repair, and overhaul equipment for M109 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":63,"featured_media":1267260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76873,76874],"class_list":["post-1267265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-events","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/63"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1267265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1267265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1267260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1267265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1267265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}