Patriot missile system, munitions announced in Ukraine support package

The announcement is the Biden administration’s 61st tranche of equipment to be provided from Department of Defense inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.

The newly approved Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) package, which has an estimated value of $225 million, will provide Ukraine additional capabilities to meet its most urgent needs, including the addition of air defence systems and interceptors, munitions for rocket systems and artillery, and anti-tank weapons.

“As President Biden announced earlier this week, the United States is taking joint action with Germany, Romania, the Netherlands, and Italy to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences and provide five strategic air defence systems, including Patriot batteries and SAMP/T systems, that will help protect Ukrainian cities, civilians, and soldiers,” according to a public statement published by the US Department of Defence on 11 July.

“The United States and our allies and partners remain committed to providing Ukraine with additional air defence capabilities to defend itself against Russia’s continued aggression.

“The United States will continue to work together with some 50 allies and partners to ensure Ukraine’s brave defenders receive the critical capabilities needed to fight Russian aggression.”

The capabilities detailed under the announcement include a Patriot battery, munitions for National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), Stinger anti-aircraft missiles, ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS), 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds, tube-launched optically-tracked wire-guided (TOW) equipment and missiles, Javelin and AT-4 anti-armour systems, small arms ammunition, demolitions munitions, spare parts, maintenance, and other ancillary equipment.

Robert Dougherty

Robert is a senior journalist who has previously worked for Seven West Media in Western Australia, as well as Fairfax Media and Australian Community Media in New South Wales. He has produced national headlines, photography and videography of emergency services, business, community, defence and government news across Australia. Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Public Relations and Journalism at Curtin University, attended student exchange program with Fudan University and holds Tier 1 General Advice certification for Kaplan Professional. Reach out via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via LinkedIn.