U.S. military aid for Ukraine includes air-launched rockets

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken welcomes U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres (not pictured) at the U.S. State Department in Washington, U.S., April 27, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Brenner

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said Wednesday it would send a new military aid package for Ukraine worth $300 million, including for the first time the Hydra-70 short-range. air-launched rocket, taken from U.S. excess stocks.

The security assistance package would be the 37th approved by the United States for Ukraine since Russian invaded its neighbor in February 2022, for a total of $35.7 billion.