State Department Backs $39 Million ‘Javelin’ Package For Ukraine
(Bloomberg) -- The State Department approved and Congress has informally signed off on a $39 million sale of additional Javelin anti-tank weapons to Ukraine, according to three officials familiar with the decision.The sale of 150 anti-tank missiles and two additional missile launchers could be announced later on Tuesday, according to one of officials, all of whom asked not to be identified since the decision hasn’t been announced. Ukraine requested the weapons early this past summer. The U.S. sold Ukraine over 200 missiles and 37 launchers in 2018.This sale is separate from the $250 million of congressionally authorized military aid to Ukraine that was held up by the Trump administration for months until after President Donald Trump’s heavily scrutinized July 25 call with Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy that’s at the center of a Democratic impeachment inquiry in the House.Defense Department officials said $214 million of that aid has been obligated to buy equipment for Ukraine bu...
