Hornet micro-drones part of new $400m US military aid package to Ukraine
The US has announced its latest military aid package to Ukraine worth up to $400m (£310m), including millions of rounds of ammunition and for the first time, Hornet micro-drones.
The hand-launched Black Hornet drones, which have also been sent to Ukraine by the UK, are specifically designed for use in towns and villages.
Additional munitions for Patriot air defence systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS), Stinger anti-aircraft systems and Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles are also part of the package.
Ukrainian soldiers on the front line of the conflict have already started using cluster munitions supplied by America against heavily defended Russian positions.
The latest US package includes:
- Additional munitions for Patriot air defence systems and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS)
- Stinger anti-aircraft systems
- Additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS)
- 155mm and 105mm artillery rounds
- 120mm and 60mm mortar rounds
- 32 Stryker Armored Personnel Carriers
- Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wire-Guided (TOW) missiles
- Javelin and other anti-armour systems and rockets
- Hornet Unmanned Aerial Systems
- Hydra-70 aircraft rockets
- Tactical air navigation systems
- Demolitions munitions for obstacle clearing
- Over 28 million rounds of small arms ammunition and grenades
- Night vision devices and thermal imagery systems
- Spare parts, training munitions, and other field equipment
The equipment is being sent from existing US Department of Defense inventories - the 43rd drawdown of its kind to Ukraine since August 2021.
Ukraine has been at war since Russia launched its invasion in February 2022, but Ukraine has recently launched its long-awaited counter-offensive in an effort to retake territory captured in the early stages of the conflict.
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