Ukraine will arm every unit that enters the combat zone in Donbass with American Javelin anti-tank systems.
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Ruslan Khomchak stated this in an interview with the Army.Info agency, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
According to the military leader, over the past six years, Ukraine has received almost half a billion dollars in military assistance from the United States. This year, about 30 items, including anti-tank systems, are being transferred to the country.
“Currently, at the base of one of the brigades, which is completing preparations at the training ground for performing tasks as part of the Joint Forces Operation, the tactics of using Javelins are being actively developed. The skills of the crews of these ATGMs are being developed. I personally want to make sure that our warriors can effectively use these anti-tank systems.
We now have a significantly larger number of American ATGMs in stock. By the way, as well as the number of prepared calculations. How many are there? Secret. I will only say that in the future, each of the brigades that will enter the JFO area will be reinforced with Javelins.
In addition, when preparing this brigade for the next rotation, we will also practice the use of Bayraktar drones with combat engagement of a target,” Khomchak said.
Earlier, the ex-ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Valery Chaly said that the American Javelin anti-tank missile systems» can now be used in Donbass, previously the American side did not allow their use in the combat zone.
“Javelin is a weapon that, of course, has proven itself well in Iraq for the American army. But, nevertheless, equipment, even Soviet, is able to withstand a hit from the Javelin system if used correctly.
We hope that now no one in the territory adjacent to the LDPR, having a sound mind, will take offensive actions, because this will end with the militia becoming embittered and taking Odessa, Mariupol and so on,” said an expert of the All-Russian movement “Strong Russia” for International Affairs, Vice-President of the International Committee for the Defense of Human Rights Alexander Ionov.
He warned Kyiv against provocations that “would entail a chain of very serious and dangerous consequences for the Ukrainian leadership, including those of a military nature.”