China News Service, August 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. will provide Ukraine with new military aid worth up to $550 million, including additional ammunition for the High Mobility Rocket Artillery System (HIMARS), the U.S. Pentagon said in a statement on the 1st local time. .

Workers unload U.S. military aid to Ukraine at Boryspil Airport in Kyiv, Ukraine, January 25, 2022.

  The statement also said U.S. military aid to Ukraine would total about $8.7 billion since the current administration took office.