and javelins, swift blade drones and more. also included in the $1 billion aid package is $225 million in humanitarian assistance which the president said will go towards supplying safe drinking water, critical medical supplies and health care, food, shelter and cash for families to purchase essential items. now, this morning secretary of defense lloyd aus ins is in brussels, belgium, meeting with nato allies. speaking at a news conference he has explained what s in the new $1 billion arms package to ukraine and how it will be crucial to help holding off russia s assault. cnn s oren liebermann has more. reporter: i m oren liebermann in brussels where defense secretary lloyd austin gave some details about a $1 billion weapons package the u.s. will be sending to ukraine, that includes 18 howitzers on top of those that have already been sent in and more than 36,000 rounds of ammunition. that s been one of the key weapon systems the u.s. has sent in. in addition the u.s. will send
that can move equipment and logistics at scale to any place in the world and do it rapidly. no other country has the means to do that. nor do they have the skills to do that. united states does. so we have got to be all in here. how long can the u.s. maintain the level and pace of this military support for ukraine? well, we have the capacity to do this for a long time. president biden today announcing more weapons, money for more weapons ammunition going into ukraine. the associated press says the heavy artillery, weapons biden s decision to quadrupled the number pledged arms package reflects what is shaping up as a major ground battle in the contested donbas region of eastern ukraine. we are back with the panel. josh, there is this effort, not only to have the president use his current authority but to go