The US has promised to provide eight NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine, and two of them will be deployed in Ukraine soon.

This was announced by a high-ranking representative of the US Ministry of Defense at a media briefing.

"The United States has already provided 1,400 Stingers, which is short range air defense, and our allies and partners have also provided considerable numbers of short range air defense systems. The U.S. have also committed eight NASAMS and associated munitions, and two of those will be in Ukraine in the very near future, with six more to be provided later. We also have committed to a suite of counter-unmanned aerial systems, including the VAMPIRE system and other radar systems, since we know that the UAS threat is also a serious threat right now. The U.S. also helped support Slovakia's donation of an S-300 system earlier in the war. This was incredibly important to protect Ukrainian infrastructure at that point in time. And the U.S. also sourced many spare parts to keep Ukraine's Soviet-type air defense - air defense systems up and running. More recently, in terms of international partners Germany, has committed four of the IRIS-T system. And this is been put to exceptionally good use in Ukraine."

• It will be recalled that the United States announced the transfer of two NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine at the beginning of July as part of the military aid package. In September, the Pentagon announced that the first two complexes would be handed over to Ukraine within two months.