Russians invaders during regroup from Kherson drowned two infantry fighting vehicles

Lend-Lease for Ukraine
On 1 October 2022 Lend-Lease for Ukraine came into effect.[f] A proposal to administer US security assistance as part of EUCOM is under consideration at the Pentagon.[471] This plan would systematise the services currently being provided to Ukraine on an ad hoc basis, and would provide a long-term vehicle for countering Russian plans under the provisions of the Lend-Lease act, and for coordinating Allied aid for Ukraine's defense with Ukrainian requests at a single point of contact in Wiesbaden, Germany.[471][472]

On 4 October 2022 the 22nd Presidential drawdown from US stocks to Ukraine, $625 million in security assistance, included a tailored package: 4 more HIMARS systems and their associated rockets; 16 more M777 155mm howitzers and 75,000 155mm rounds; 500 M982 Excalibur precision-guided 155mm rounds; 1,000 155mm rounds of remote anti-armor mine systems; 16 more 105mm M119 howitzers; 30,000 120 mm mortar rounds; 200 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles (MRAPs); 200,000 rounds of small arms ammunition; and Claymore minesLaura Cooper, a US DoD deputy assistant secretary of defense.[473] So far, the security assistance has totalled $16.8 billion to Ukraine.[473]

On 14 October 2022 the 23rd Presidential drawdown from US stocks provided Ukraine $725 million in security assistance, including additional rounds for High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS); 23,000 155mm howitzer rounds; 500 precision-guided 155mm artillery rounds; 5,000 155mm rounds of Remote Anti-Armor Mine (RAAM) Systems; 5,000 anti-tank weapons; High-speed Anti-radiation missiles (HARMs); more than 200 High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs); small arms and more than 2,000,000 rounds of small arms ammunition; and medical supplies.[474] So far, the security assistance has totalled $18.2 billion to Ukraine since January 2021.[474]

On 17 October 2022 the European Union approved €500 million ($486 million) in weapons for Ukraine,[475] and a two-year training mission under the command of Vice Adm. Herve Blejean (France) for 15,000 Ukrainian troops, initially.[475] The training, at the "individual, collective and specialized" levels would be held in Germany and Poland, and would be open to other nations as well. The planned training cost would be nearly €107 million.[475]