The United States said Thursday it would send hundreds of armored vehicles and rockets and artillery shells to Ukraine as part of a $2.5 billion military aid package.
The US Defense Department said in a statement that the package includes 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles, 90 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers, 53 Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles and 350 High Mobility Multipurpose Vehicles.
The 59 Bradleys included in the latest US package follow the 50 previously announced in January. The armored Bradley has a powerful gun and has been used by the US military since the mid-1980s to transport troops around battlefields.