During the discussion of the state defense order for the year 2018, the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko said that the supply of anti-tank missile systems Javelin to Finance the United States.
The head of state stressed that this decision was the result of «painstaking work by our team.»
«Today I can say that anti-tank weapons, the amount increasing 4 times. And all this should be directly to the ATO. We should not reduce the level of combat readiness of our troops,» — said on the website of the President.
Poroshenko also noted that great efforts have been made to provide the Ukrainian military electronic warfare, the purchase of which the budgeted amount is three times more than in 2017.
On 22 December last year, the press Secretary of the U.S. Department of state Heather Nauert reported that the US is going to send to Ukraine weapons to strengthen the defense of the country from militias in the Donbass. This year, the States intend to send 35 launchers and 210 anti-tank missiles, including missile systems Javelin, in the amount of $ 47 million.
This decision of the government of America harshly criticized the Minister of foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Ryabkov. He said that such an intention makes the country an accomplice in fomenting war in Ukraine and pushing for more bloodshed.
