Watch Ukraine test US-supplied Javelin anti-tank missiles for the first time
- The Ukrainian military for the first time on Tuesday tested anti-tank missiles made in the US and supplied by the Trump administration.
- Ukraine had long been seeking these missiles to gain an advantage in the ongoing conflict with Russia-backed rebels in the eastern part of the country, known as the Donbas.
- The conflict in eastern Ukraine, which began after Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2017, has resulted in the deaths of roughly 10,000 people, according the United Nations.
The Ukrainian military for the first time on Tuesday tested anti-tank missiles made in the US and supplied by the Trump administration.
The US government approved the sale of the Javelin anti-tank missiles in March at an estimated cost of roughly $47 million and they arrived in Ukraine in late April.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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