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Norway provides Ukraine with winter clothing, howitzer in new military aid package.

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The package includes 55,000 units of winter clothing, an M109 self-propelled howitzer, and spare parts for military equipment repairs, the country's government announced on Nov. 25.

The package also includes individual first-aid kits and 30,000 field rations.

"We are trying to deliver it as quickly as possible. The cold season is approaching very quickly," Norwegian Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said.

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