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The U.S. State Department has approved the proposed sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles and launch units to Ukraine in a deal worth about $47 million, the U.S. military says.

“The Javelin system will help Ukraine build its long-term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements,” the Pentagon said in a statement on March 1.

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