The Trump administration is going to sell a bunch of anti-tank missiles to the Ukraine as well as 37 mobile launchers, which is sure to make Putin very unhappy:
BREAKING: Trump administration plans to sell 210 anti-tank missiles to Ukraine in major escalation of direct lethal aid.
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 1, 2018
Here’s more:
AP – The Trump administration plans to sell Ukraine 210 anti-tank missiles to help it defend its territory from Russia, in a major escalation of U.S. lethal assistance to Ukraine’s military.
The State Department is telling Congress it plans to approve the $47 million sale. Congress has 30 days to block the sale but is not expected to do so. Lawmakers from both parties have long pushed government to provide the weapons.
The move comes the same day that Russian President Vladimir Putin announced his country has developed new nuclear weapons he claims can’t be intercepted by an enemy.
In its notice to Congress, the State Department says it plans to sell 37 command launch units along with the 210 American-made Javelin missiles. The missiles will come from existing U.S. Army stockpiles.
Obama refused to sell lethal weapons to Ukrainians so Trump reversing that policy is a big deal.