U.S. approves $203.5m support package for Ukraine

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of repair and sustainment support for M777 howitzer artillery guns and transportation and consolidation services to Ukraine for an estimated total of $203.5 million.

1news.media informs via Reuters the principal contractor for equipment, repair services, and sustainment support for the howitzers will be BAE Systems, while the principal contractor for transportation and consolidation services will be determined from approved vendors, the Pentagon said in a statement.