US plane brings Javelin missiles and launchers to Ukraine
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Ukrainian service members unload a shipment of military aid from the US, in Kiev, on Jan 25, 2022.
PHOTO: REUTERS
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KIEV (REUTERS) - A US plane carrying Javelin anti-tank missiles, launchers and other military hardware landed in Kiev on Tuesday (Jan 25), the third shipment of a US$200 million (S$269 million) security package to shore up Ukraine as it braces itself for a possible Russian military offensive.
"Javelins in Kyiv! A new cargo of security aid - launchers & missiles - with a total weight of about 80 tons. We expect the arrival of the 4th from the big flock of birds soon," Defence Minister Oleksii Reznikov tweeted.
"Thanks to our strategic partner."
The US has been Ukraine's most powerful backer in trying to avert a new attack by Russia, which has massed troops near Ukraine's border. Moscow denies planning an offensive.
The United States has committed more than US$650 million of security assistance to Ukraine in the past year and more than US$2.7 billion in total since 2014, when Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.
Ukraine has been a grateful recipient of the aid though it has criticised as "premature" a partial pull-out of US and other embassy staff.
