Just because one shipment was sent previous to the new president taking office, doesn't mean the second shipment was not needed. Ukraine was recovering financially and it was arming a military after Russia broke a treaty stating Ukraine would never face war again.
Russia has been building up a war front at its Eastern border with Ukraine. A commercial jet was shot down because of the Russian build-up. It is amazing to realize the people of Ukraine have the will to stand up to a sovereign country with a vast military capacity. The very least the USA can do is honor Ukraine's military requests. They are a very brave country. The USA should be proud they call us an ally.
By Amanda Marcias
Ukrainian servisemen ride atop of an APC’s with Javelin anti-tank missiles during a military parade in Kiev on August 24, 2018 to celebrate the Independence Day, 27 years since Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union. - Around 4,500 servicemen, including dozens representatives of foreign allies like the United States and Great Britain, saluted Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko during a military parade. Some 250 pieces of military hardware, including advanced Ukrainian weapons the Bohdana 155-mm self-propelled howitzer and the Vilkha multiple-launch rocket system, were shown to the thousands of spectators who waved Ukrainian blue and yellow flags.
Washington -The State Department (click here) on Thursday approved a possible foreign military sale to Ukraine for 150 antitank missiles and related support equipment worth approximately $39.2 million.
Ukraine requested the Javelin missile system early this past summer, and the country’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, brought up the missiles in the July 25 phone call with President Donald Trump that led Democrats to kick off an impeachment inquiry last week.
The Defense Department notified Congress of the possible sale Thursday.
“This proposed sale will contribute to the foreign policy and national security of the United States by improving the security of Ukraine. The Javelin system will help Ukraine build its long-term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements,” the State Department said in a release.
“It’s a defensive contribution, the Javelin,” U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod Wolters, the nation’s top general in Europe, told reporters at the Pentagon. “It affords a soldier the opportunity to put a resource in his or her hands that affords the opportunity to protect their sovereign turf. It’s a sophisticated capability, it’s a modern capability, it has great precision, it has great speed.”...
