The latest assistance includes 59 Bradley Fighting Vehicles and 90 Stryker Armoured Personnel Carriers, the US defence department said in a statement.

The latest assistance also includes additional ammunition for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (Himars), eight Avenger air defence systems, tens of thousands of artillery rounds and about 2,000 anti-armour rockets, the Defence Department said.

In total, the US has committed more than US$27.4 billion in security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February last year.

Western allies have pledged billions of dollars in weapons for Ukraine. Fearing winter will give Russian forces time to regroup and unleash a major attack, Ukraine is pushing for more assistance to combat Moscow’s invasion.

In his trip to Washington in December, President Volodymyr Zelensky told the US Congress that assistance to Ukraine is an investment in democracy, and not charity, while pressing for continued American support.