Ohio National Guard To Donate Armored Vehicles To Ukraine: DeWine

COLUMBUS, OH —Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine introduced on Wednesday that the Ohio Military Nationwide Guard can be offering an undisclosed variety of M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) to Ukraine, to be used in that nation’s combat towards Russian aggression.

The announcement follows a request for donations by the U.S. Division of Protection, which can draw down the inventories it’s offering to assist Ukraine.

The M-113 APCs are used to maneuver troopers and tools throughout a battlefield whereas offering safety from small arms hearth and the impact of artillery.

“As we proceed to find out about Russian struggle crimes in Ukraine, these of us in Ohio stand prepared to assist the Ukrainian folks in any manner attainable,” DeWine stated. “Ohio has a powerful Ukrainian group, and we stand behind them and their households abroad.”

In line with DeWine’s workplace, the donation is simply the most recent effort in Ohio to assist Ukraine in its combat towards Russia.

Earlier this month, DeWine introduced that the Ohio Division of Public Security was gathering items of surplus or expired private protecting gear for donation to members of the Ukraine Civilian Territorial Protection.

As of this week, greater than two dozen legislation enforcement companies in Ohio had agreed to donate tools, together with 75 ballistic and riot helmets and 840 items of physique armor, like vests and plates.

Supply of the private protecting gear to Ukraine is being coordinated by the Fund to Help Ukraine, a Parma-based nonprofit, in accordance with DeWine’s workplace.

In March, DeWine held an Ohio Summit on Ukrainian Refugees, the place he introduced collectively varied organizations to make sure that Ohio can be prepared to assist if the state needs to be requested to just accept refugees from the war-torn nation.

The governor additionally signed Government Order 22-02D final month, which prohibited all state companies, boards, commissions, state instructional establishments and pension funds to divest any funding in and terminate any contracts with a Russian establishment or firm.

In February, DeWine directed the Ohio Division of Commerce to finish the acquisition and sale of all vodka made by Russian Normal, the one abroad, Russian-owned distillery with vodka stable in Ohio.