Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said the defense systems approved by the U.S. are "reflective of the kind of fighting that the Ukrainians are expecting to be faced with" as Russia focuses on eastern Ukraine.
The announcement came one month after President Biden had approved a separate $800 million arms package for Kyiv.
But Moscow is taking issue with the sophisticated systems that the U.S. and NATO nations are arming Ukraine with and in a diplomatic démarche this week accused the U.S. of "adding fuel" to its war, first reported the Washington Post Friday.
The State Department did not immediately respond to Fox News' questions.
The U.S. has provided roughly $2.7 billion in security assistance for Ukraine – $1.7 billion of which has been granted since the start of the invasion.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly asked that more aid be provided from allied nations more quickly as Kyiv prepares for what defense officials have warned will be an even more brutal fight in the Donbas.
A senior U.S. defense official told reporters this week that the U.S. has been getting defensive aid to Ukraine at "unprecedented speeds" and noted that it takes just one week from the time Biden signs off on an aid package to when it gets into Ukrainian hands.
An entire delivery of an arms package takes roughly four weeks.
"I would remind [you] that we front load. Every shipment has a mix of material on board," the official said, noting that the last shipment contained surface-to-air defenses like Javelin and Stinger missiles, along with Switchblade drones armed with tank-busting warheads.
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