“The efforts that we are already undertaking now include planning, taking into account the needs of the Ukrainian side, months and years ahead,” she said during the briefing.

She also said that the United States will announce on July 8 a new package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $400 million. 

The Pentagon said that, taking into account the new tranche, Kyiv will have at its disposal a total of 12 American HIMARS MLRS.

In addition, the United States and its allies are discussing the possibility of supplying Kyiv with new coastal defense systems.