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Offline Right_in_Virginia

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U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine
Radio Free Europe, Apr 30, 2018, Christopher Phillip




KYIV -- The United States has confirmed to RFE/RL its delivery of American-made, Javelin antitank missile systems to Ukraine in a move that is welcome in Kyiv but will almost certainly enrage Moscow amid a four-year conflict that pits Russia-backed separatists against Ukrainian national troops.

"They have already been delivered," a U.S. State Department official confirmed on April 30 in response to an RFE/RL query on the handover of Javelins.

In a statement posted on Facebook, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko also confirmed the delivery and said his country continues "to strengthen our defense potential in order to repel Russian aggression."

"I am sincerely grateful for the fair decision of [U.S. President] Donald Trump in support of Ukraine, in defense of freedom and democracy," Poroshenko wrote. "Washington not only fulfilled our joint agreement, it demonstrated leadership and an important example."


More: https://www.rferl.org/a/javelin-missile-delivery-ukraine-us-confirmed/29200588.html

Offline Frank Cannon

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Re: U.S. Confirms Delivery Of Javelin Antitank Missiles To Ukraine
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2018, 02:52:01 am »
Great. Let's get more mired up in a conflict we have no business in. Dead McCain would be proud.

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