The United States completed its shipment of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine on April 30, finalizing a sale that was reluctantly approved by President Donald Trump in November. The deal was widely reported as a rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who annexed Crimea and invaded eastern Ukraine in 2014. “This decision … reflects our country’s longstanding commitment to Ukraine in the face of ongoing Russian aggression,” Republican Senator Bob Corker said late last year.
The Altantic: Ukraine’s successful courtship of Trump
Ukraine's President Petro Poroshenko listens while US President Donald Trump makes a statement for the press before a meeting at the Palace Hotel during the 72nd United Nations General Assembly Sept. 21, 2017 in New York City.
