The US is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine

Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated.

The US is preparing a $1 billion military aid package for Ukraine, Reuters reported on April 23, citing two unnamed US officials.

The reports followed the vote in the US House of Representatives after months of deadlock in Congress, when a major foreign aid package for US allies was passed, giving Kiev more than $60 billion in aid.

The bill must go to the Senate, where a vote is expected as early as April 23. US President Joe Biden said he would sign the relief bill “as soon as it is passed.”

This is the first package that Ukraine can receive under the yet-to-be-signed aid law. The previous one was pledged by Washington on March 12.

Reuters reported, citing its sources, that the new package will include vehicles, Stinger air defense ammunition, TOW and Javelin anti-tank ammunition, and additional ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems (HIMARS).

The new tranche also includes 155-millimeter artillery shells and “other weapons that can be used immediately on the battlefield,” Reuters wrote.

Some U.S. military aid to Ukraine is reportedly already in Germany and Poland, shortening the time it takes for weapons and equipment to reach the front lines.