July 8, 2020
Russia Will Hate This: Ukraine Cleared to Move American Javelin Missiles to Front Lines
U.S-supplied anti-tank weapons could change the balance of power in favor of Ukraine.
by Caleb Larson
In an interview, Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Ruslan Khomchak said that following the advice of North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) advisors, Ukraine’s American-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles would be moved up to Ukraine’s front lines in their conflict against separatists in the country’s east—though the missiles would have to be used only defensively.
Heaps of Assistance
Ukraine has received a prodigious amount of military assistance from the United States and other NATO partners. Starting in 2014 after the Russian annexation of Crimea, Ukraine received more than $490 million from the United States alone. Initially, American military assistance was non-lethal in nature—communication systems, radar equipment, anti-sniper systems, and armored vehicles.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-will-hate-ukraine-cleared-move-american-javelin-missiles-front-lines-164359
