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The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) usually has a breakdown of items committed to Ukraine when an aid package is approved.

You can look through their former press releases, too.

This was the press release for the early December 2023 aid package:

Biden Administration Announces New Security Assistance for Ukraine

The DOD announced new security assistance to meet Ukraine's critical security and defense needs.
www.defense.gov
 
IIRC, Russia had introduced some way of scrambling the GPS signals to the HIMARS. Wouldn't this also impact the GLSDB?

What about the older tech of a man on the ground with a laser designator? Is this still a capability? Of course our SOF team would be at risk behind enemy lines, so how about an interference-resistant drone with a laser designator? Can this be more reliable than GPS?
 
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Australia offered 41 Fighter Bombers to Ukraine to help fight against Russia, but Kyiv rejected the donation and called the aircraft "flying trash". Australian Defence Contractors said the comment led to killing the deal. The aircraft were retired by the Aussies.

"A senior Ukrainian AirForce official refused an offer from two Australians to receive 41 of the country's decommissioned F/A-18 Hornet fighters, bluntly stating that "we do not need your flyingtrash," reported the Australian Financial Review on Jan. 30. "

"This statement effectively killed the deal, highlighting a stark misunderstanding between Australia and Ukraine amid Ukrainian pilots' desperate attempts to evade Russian aircraft."
 
Admiral Beez said:
Expected soon, means already there. Good news, but how are these getting through Ukraine support blocks in Washington?
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There's a substantial amount of stuff in backlog, which is still awaiting delivery.

There's also some undrawn authorisations from Presidential Drawdown Authority.

As of the end of December, there was a little over $1 billion available for the US DoD to make drawdowns on existing inventories to supply to Ukraine. These were supposed to be earmarked for specific items by the end of 2023, but there's been no [official] word about this being exercised.
 
Here's the paywall free version Russia-Ukraine war: Ukraine to Australia: 'We don't want your flying …
 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly confirmed Sunday he is considering dismissing Ukraine's top military official after more than a week of speculation, saying Kyiv needs a change of leadership.

When asked by an Italian news outlet RAI TV to confirm reports he might fire Ukrainian commander in chief Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, Zelensky said the Ukrainian people want "a reset" and "a new beginning is necessary" after more than a year of a brutal stalemate with Russian forces in the eastern region of Ukraine.

"I have something serious in mind, which does not concern a single person but the direction of the country's leadership," Zelensky said, clarifying it was a "replacement of a series of state leaders, not just in a single sector like the military."

For more than a week, Ukrainian and American media reports have detailed the rift between Zelensky and Zaluzhny, suggesting the president would dismiss the popular general and military leader of the armed forces and had already informed the general in a recent meeting of his imminent firing.

Zelensky confirms he’s considering dismissing Ukraine’s military chief

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky publicly confirmed Sunday he is considering dismissing Ukraine’s top military official after more than a week of speculation, saying Kyiv needs a change…
thehill.com

This should not be aired in public.
 
Arguably, they were very restricted in capability having had some 30+ years flying already. The proposed initial sale to Air USA would have involved them having had potentially significant limitations that would have made them unsuitable for combat.
 
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