Deliveries of Javelin anti-tank systems would be funded by the United States, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told a meeting of the National Security and Defense Council, according to a video uploaded on Facebook.
"I underline the fact that as a result of thorough efforts of our team, today we are seeing positive news that the Javelin anti-tank complexes will be supplied to us as defensive weapons at the expense of the U.S. funding," he said.
As UNIAN reported, today, January 17, head of the General Staff of the Armed Forces Gen. Viktor Muzhenko expressed his conviction that the Javelins would not fall into the hands of Russian-led forces in Donbas.
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