(AP) – Governor Roy Cooper says the North Carolina National Guard will provide military equipment to Ukraine in its war with Russia. In a news release, Cooper says at the request of the United States Department of Defense, the North Carolina Army National Guard is providing M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers as part of a larger United States support package to Ukraine.

The governor also has shared a list of state government support resources for military service members and their families as military personnel based in North Carolina are deployed because of the war.