US to provide Ukraine with two NASAMS in the 'very near future,' six more later: official

The United States military is seeing through its promise to deliver two advanced missile systems to Ukraine 'in the very near future' ahead of another delivery of six more.

"The United States has already provided 1,400 Stingers, which is short-range air defense, and our allies and partners have also provided considerable numbers of short-range air defense systems," the official said during a background briefing on Monday. "The U.S. have also committed eight NASAMS and associated munitions, and two of those will be in Ukraine in the very near future, with six more to be provided later." TOPSHOT - A rocket is launched from a truck-mounted multiple rocket launcher towards Russian positions in Kharkiv region on Oct. 4, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.  (YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images) A Ukrainian multiple rocket launcher BM-21 "Grad" shells Russian troops' position, near Lugansk, in the Donbas region, on April 10, 2022.  (ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images)

The NASAMS were included in the latest $275 million security assistance package the Department of Defense was approved to send to Ukraine, the 24th military equipment package since August 2021.