The longer range missile systems are part of an estimated new $700 million U.S. security defense package.
Ukrainian servicemen load a truck with the FGM-148 Javelin, American man-portable anti-tank missile provided by U.S. to Ukraine as part of a military support on Feb. 11, 2022. Photo: Sergei Supinsky/AFP via Getty ImagesTuesday in an opinion piece published by the New York Times.The longer-range missile systems are intended to enable Ukraine’s military to “more precisely strike key targets on the battlefield in Ukraine,” Biden said.
The official declined to comment further on “operational discussions” with Ukrainians regarding the new weapons systems.
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