US Backs Ukraine’s Request for Missiles Paid for by NATO Allies
Ukrainian soldiers at the site of a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on April 24.
Photographer: Andrew Kravchenko/BloombergThe State Department approved Ukraine’s request to buy thousands of long-range missiles worth up to $825 million and funded by the governments of Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway, as well as the US, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency announced Thursday.
Kyiv is seeking to buy as many as 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition missiles and associated navigation systems, the DSCA said in a statement. Zone 5 Technologies and CoAspire are the principal contractors for the likely sale.