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United States is readying more than $2 billion worth of military aid for Ukraine is expected to include longer-range rockets for the first time as well as other munitions and weapons, Reuters on Tuesday (31 January).

Soon as this week, It is also expected to include support equipment for Patriot air defense systems, precision-guided munitions and Javelin anti-tank weapons.

The funds would go purchase of a new weapon, the Ground Launched Small Diameter Bomb (GLSDB) made by Boeing Co, which have a range of 94 miles (150 km). The United States has rebuffed Ukraine’s requests for the 185-mile (297-km) range ATACMS missile.

The longer range of the GLSDB glide bomb could allow Ukraine to hit targets that have been out of reach and help it continue pressing its counterattacks by disrupting Russia further behind its lines.

WASHINGTON: A US maker of advanced military surveillance drones announced Wednesday that it was willing to sell two to Ukraine for just US$1, and called on the US government to approve the deal.

General Atomic Aeronautical Systems said it had been urging Washington for months to provide Ukraine its powerful Grey Eagle and Reaper drones, which US forces have used to great effect in surveillance and targeted attacks over Afghanistan, Syria, Iraq and other conflict zones.

It said the drones, which can fly long distances at mid-altitudes, are one of the most obvious, force-enhancing technologies that Ukraine needs in its war against Russian forces.

The US military has provided Ukraine with a number of small attack and surveillance drones, but nothing with the advanced technologies and long-range abilities like General Atomic’s unmanned aircraft.

From our products, including MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle,” General Atomics chief executive Linden Blue said. the company has offered to train Ukrainian operators at no cost to the US or Ukrainian governments. And was ready to hand over two of its own training aircraft, along with a ground control station and other hardware, for a symbolic US$1.