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According to Badrak, the Ukrainian ATGMs hit targets in the same way as U.S. Javelins.
Valentyn Badrak, military expert and writer, the director of the Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies, says Ukrainian Skif and Korsar anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) have recently proved to be no worse than the U.S. Javelin systems.
"To date, there is a whole line of ATGMs, among which the most famous are Skif and Korsar. During the recent Javelin launches, these two anti-tank guided missiles were used as well, and they showed that they were no worse than the American ones," he said in an interview with UNIAN.
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According to Badrak, the Ukrainian ATGMs hit targets in the same way as U.S. Javelins. "A 100% hit at a range of almost 2 km, the complexes have proved their high characteristics," the expert said.
As UNIAN reported earlier, in late 2017, the Donald Trump Administration decided to sell lethal weapons to Ukraine, in particular, Javelin ATGMs.
On January 17, Chief of Ukraine's General Staff Viktor Muzhenko said the deliveries were expected within two to six months.
On February 17, President Poroshenko said Ukraine would receive more aid from the U.S., beyond Javelins, in the framework of military-technical cooperation.
On March 2, the Pentagon announced that the sale of 210 Javelin missiles and 37 Javelin Command Launch Units to Ukraine had been approved.
On March 30, U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told his top national security aides to not publicly tout a new U.S. lethal defensive weapons sale to Ukraine, for fear of angering Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The United States confirmed its delivery of American-made, Javelin antitank missile systems to Ukraine on April 30. Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko thanked the U.S. President for the move, noting a "keen interest" in strengthening Ukraine's defense capability both within the state and abroad.
Ukraine conducted first launches of the Javelin missile systems on May 22.