US to bolster Ukrainian defences with £330m of ammunition and generators

Including the latest aid, the US has committed more than 19 billion dollars (£15.7 billion) in weapons and other equipment to Ukraine since Russia attacked on February 24.

Pallets of artillery shells are loaded on to a US Air Force cargo plane ready to be shipped to Ukraine (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

The US is sending a further consignment of ammunition and generators worth 400 million dollars (£330 million) to Ukraine, the White House announced on Wednesday.

The US is pulling the gear from its own stockpiles in order to get the support to Kyiv as fast as possible as Russia continues to target Ukraine’s energy sources and winter sets in.