This aid package will include "additional missiles for Ukrainian air defense, more ammunition, more air-to-ground munitions, and other equipment to support Ukraine's F-16s," according to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

The latest aid package, drawn from existing weapons and equipment stockpiles within the Department of Defense, will provide Kyiv with air defense missiles; air-to-ground munitions; and equipment to support Ukraine's use of F-16s.

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin answered a plea from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for more help to keep Russian warplanes away from its cities and borders with a $500 million package of fresh military aid.

The Biden administration has announced the final tranche of military aid it will send to Ukraine, amounting to about $500 million.

The United States on Thursday said it is providing military aid to Ukraine amounting to $500 million shortly before President Joe Biden's departure from office. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin made the announcement during a session of the Ukraine Contact Group at the US military's base in Ramstein in Germany.

US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday called for a continuation of the Ramstein format, under which a coalition of more than 50 countries is providing military support to Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion.