KYIV, July 20 – A new package of U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, which will be announced later this week, will include four more HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems, U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has said.

"It will include four more HIMARS, advanced rocket systems, which the Ukrainians have been using so effectively and which have made such a difference on the battlefield," Austin said during opening remarks ahead of the fourth meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group held virtually Wednesday.