US promises another $100m for “Javelin” missiles for Ukraine

This is the sixth group of US equipment assistance to Ukraine since August.

The latest promise means that $1.7 billion military equipment has pledged to Ukraine only from the US since the beginning of the Russian attack on 24 February, according to the US State Department.

US Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said in a statement that the newly authorised money would add an urgent Ukrainian need for additional anti-tourship systems, which the United States has offered Ukraine and they have so effectively used to protect their country”, the BBC writes, broadcasts Klanosovatv.