CNN: US small arms and ammo arrive in Ukraine as Pentagon details troops to train country’s military

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A deployment ceremony in Pinellas Park, Florida, in November for about 150 members of the 53rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team.

CNN – Part of a $60 million security assistance package, including small arms and ammunition, was delivered to Ukraine on Thursday, according to a State Department official in the Bureau of Political-Military Affairs, but a final delivery containing four counter mortar radars is still scheduled for early next year.

President Joe Biden approved the package on September 1 as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visited the White House. The assistance included lethal elements, such as Javelin anti-tank missiles, as well as nonlethal elements, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Wednesday. (…)