U.S., Allies Sending 8-10 Flights of Equipment, Ammunition to Ukraine Daily

The Pentagon said Ukraine is receiving 8-10 flights of military and other equipment from the U.S. and its allies to fight Russia every day.

"We are working very, very hard every single day to continue to get security assistance to the Ukrainians," Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said during a briefing today at the Pentagon.

He added that anywhere from eight to 10 flights full of ammunition, hardware and other equipment are headed to Ukraine every day.

"[It's] not just from the United States, but from other nations, as well," Kirby said. "And that stuff isn't sitting around ... it gets to these transshipment sites. They're put onto trucks, and they're moved into Ukraine very, very quickly. In some cases, stuff coming from the U.S. takes no more than four to six days from the time the president authorizes drawdown authority [until] it gets into the hands of the Ukrainians. That's an incredible rate of speed, and we aren't slowing down."

Talking about the current situation in Ukraine, Kirby said, “Regardless of the Russian refocus on the Donbas, we're not slowing down…  That stuff continues to move, [and] it's going to continue to move. We said as much as we can, as fast as we can — and we mean it."

"The reprioritization of the Russians on the east hasn't had an effect on our ability to help coordinate the delivery of massive amounts of security assistance from the United States and other nations,” he said. "That flow still continues." 

Just last Wednesday, President Joe Biden authorized an additional $100 million in security assistance to support Ukraine. Included in that were additional Javelin anti-armor systems for Ukrainian forces. This most recent package was the sixth drawdown of equipment from DOD inventories for Ukraine since August 2021.

Along with the $300 million in military assistance announced in April, the total U.S. security assistance commitment to Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion has been more than $1.7 billion.