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26th May 2018, 02:22 PM
KIEV (Reuters) - Ukraine tested its Javelin missile systems on Tuesday for the first time since receiving the weapons from the United States to boost its defenses in its conflict with pro-Russian separatists.
Ukrainian servicemen launch a missile during a test of the U.S. anti-tank missile systems at a shooting range in an unknown location, Ukraine May 22, 2018. Mikhail Palinchak/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Mikhail Palinchak/Handout via REUTERS
Washington has been one of Kiev’s staunchest supporters since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the subsequent outbreak of fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region that has killed more than 10,000 people.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced the first test of the missiles on Twitter: “Finally this day has come,” he said. “I am grateful to (the United States)... for the firm decision that Ukraine should be armed.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-missiles/ukraine-tests-u-s-missile-systems-for-first-time-idUSKCN1IN2J5
Ukrainian servicemen launch a missile during a test of the U.S. anti-tank missile systems at a shooting range in an unknown location, Ukraine May 22, 2018. Mikhail Palinchak/Ukrainian Presidential Press Service/Mikhail Palinchak/Handout via REUTERS
Washington has been one of Kiev’s staunchest supporters since Moscow’s annexation of Crimea in 2014 and the subsequent outbreak of fighting in Ukraine’s eastern Donbass region that has killed more than 10,000 people.
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko announced the first test of the missiles on Twitter: “Finally this day has come,” he said. “I am grateful to (the United States)... for the firm decision that Ukraine should be armed.”
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-missiles/ukraine-tests-u-s-missile-systems-for-first-time-idUSKCN1IN2J5