Strange Biden Administration For Six Months Lamented Desperate Need For Equipment By Armed Forces Of Ukraine. Yet First New PDA Is Only Fourth-Largest Of Fifty-Four Since December 2021.

Apr 24

Strange Biden-Harris Administration For Six Months Laments Increasing Desperate Need For Equipment By Armed Forces Of Ukraine, Yet First New PDA Use Is For US$1 billion, Fourth Largest Of Fifty-Four PDA Authorities Used Since December 2021.

Largest PDA Used Was US$3 Billion Sent In January 2023.

United States Department of Defense
Washington DC
24 April 2024

Biden Administration Announces Significant New Security Assistance for Ukraine

“Today, following the passage of the national security supplemental which the President just signed into law, the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a significant new security assistance to urgently meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs. This announcement is the Biden Administration's fifty-sixth tranche of equipment to be provided from DoD inventories to Ukraine since August 2021. This Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package has an estimated value of $1 billion and includes capabilities to support Ukraine's most urgent requirements, including air defense interceptors, artillery rounds, armored vehicles, and anti-tank weapons. The capabilities in this announcement include:

RIM-7 and AIM-9M missiles for air defense; Stinger anti-aircraft missiles; Small arms and additional rounds of small arms ammunition, including .50 caliber rounds to counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS); Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 155mm artillery rounds, including High Explosive and Dual Purpose Improved Conventional Munitions rounds; 105mm artillery rounds; 60mm mortar rounds; Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicles; Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles (MRAPs); High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs); Logistics support vehicles; Tactical vehicles to tow and haul equipment; Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles; Javelin and AT-4 anti-armor systems; Precision aerial munitions; Airfield support equipment; Anti-armor mines; Claymore anti-personnel munitions; Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing; and Night vision devices; and Spare parts, field equipment, training munitions, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment. This package will surge munitions, weapons, and equipment forward to support Ukraine's ability to defend its frontlines, protect its cities, and counter Russia's continued attacks. With the bipartisan support of Congress, Ukraine can count on strong and resolute U.S. leadership to provide consistent security assistance support – together with some 50 Allies and partners – to ensure its brave defenders receive the critical capabilities needed to fight Russian aggression.”

LINK To (2021-2024) DOD Fact Sheet on U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine in PDF Format

United States Department of Defense
Washington DC
6 January 2023

More Than $3 Billion in Additional Security Assistance for Ukraine

“Today, the Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Biden Administration's commitment of $3.075 billion in additional security assistance for Ukraine. This includes the authorization of a Presidential Drawdown of security assistance valued at up to $2.85 billion to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs, as well as the Department of State's announcement of $225 million in Foreign Military Financing to contribute to the long-term capacity and modernization of Ukraine's military.”

United States Department of Defense
Washington DC
24 April 2024

Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) Announcements

PDA 2 FY 2022 December 23, 2021 $200M

PDA 3 FY 2022 February 25, 2022 $350M

PDA 4 FY 2022 March 12, 2022 $200M

PDA 5 FY 2022 March 16, 2022 $800M

PDA 6 FY 2022 April 6, 2022 $100M

PDA 7 FY 2022 April 13, 2022 $800M

PDA 8 FY 2022 April 21, 2022 $800M

PDA 9 FY 2022 May 6, 2022 $150M

PDA 10 FY2022 May 19, 2022 $100M

PDA 11 FY 2022 June 1, 2022 $700M