Washington: As reported by two US officials, the Pentagon will give Ukraine $200 million in arms and ammunition to support Kyiv's counteroffensive as troops on the front lines face significant obstacles against a deeply entrenched Russian defence.

According to a US official, this most recent shipment will include missiles for the Patriot air defence system and the High-Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS), as well as ammunition for howitzers, tanks, Javelin rockets, mine-clearing tools, 12 million rounds of small arms ammunition, and demolition munitions. Due to the fact that the assistance has not yet been made public, the officials spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The assistance comes as US funding for Ukraine is almost completely depleted, and the Biden administration expects to ask Congress for a new package of supplemental aid to maintain that support.

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Since Russia invaded Ukraine last year, the US has already donated more than $43 billion to the country. These funds were used to purchase howitzers and countless rounds of ammunition to counter the much larger Russian military. Much of the ammunition and equipment has already been used up due to the brutal and bloody land war there.

Hanna Maliar, Ukraine's deputy defence minister, stated on her official Telegram channel on Wednesday that the front line along the front line experiences "multiple changes" in position and control within a day due to the intense fighting between the two sides in the country's eastern regions.

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Through two programmes, the Biden administration is funding the Ukrainian war effort. The Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI) provides funding for long-term contracts for larger weapons systems like tanks that need to be either built or modified by defence companies. The presidential drawdown authority (PDA), which removes weapons from existing US stockpiles. Both funding streams continue until September 30—the fiscal year's end.

If the Pentagon hadn't realised it overvalued earlier rounds of weapons systems given to Ukraine, it would have already run out of PDA funds for the fiscal year 2023. Therefore, it still has about $6.2 billion in PDA funds available to continue support until Congress approves additional funding. This most recent $200 million in aid is taken from that surplus.

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At a press conference on Tuesday, Pentagon deputy press secretary Sabrina Singh said, "We are confident that we can continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs on the battlefield. I simply won't get in front of anything regarding supplemental or additional requests to Congress.

Additionally, there are still about $600 million in USAI funds from the fiscal year 2023.