US to send new €206m military aid package to Ukraine, officials say

The officials said the aid includes munitions for the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, as well as mortar systems and an array of artillery rounds.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (Efrem Lukatsky/AP)

The US will send about $225m (€206m) in military aid to Ukraine, officials said on Thursday.

The new package will includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia to defend the city of Kharkiv from a heavy Russian assault.