Sales of anti-tank missiles to Lithuania amid US tensions with Russia.
The Pentagon has agreed to a $ 125 million deal to sell Javelin anti-tank missiles to Lithuania, the Pentagon said.
As US anti-Russian movements intensified in neighboring Russia, Washington agreed to sell $ 125 million worth of new weapons to Lithuania.
Less than a day after the Russian Defense Minister warned about the escalation of NATO movements and military presence on Russia’s eastern and western borders, the United States announced its agreement to sell new weapons to one of the Baltic states.
According to Reuters, the Pentagon announced that the US State Department had agreed to a $ 125 million contract to sell Javelin anti-tank missiles to Lithuania.
Under US law, the State Department must approve US arms deals with other countries in order to finalize them, and of course these notifications must be notified to the US Congress.
Reuters linked the ongoing tensions between the United States and NATO members to Russia, citing Washington’s plans to sell Javelin missiles to Lithuania.
The report reiterated the US and its allies’ claims against Russia, saying “the sale comes at a time when tensions in Eastern Europe are high, given the large Russian military presence along the border with Ukraine.”
According to Reuters, “The US embassy in Kiev (previously) announced that Biden’s government had sent Javelin (Ukraine) missiles to Ukraine in October.”
In a statement on the sale of Javelin anti-tank missiles to Lithuania, the Pentagon said the arms deal “will help Lithuania build its long-term defense capacity to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity in order to meet its national defense requirements.”
On Tuesday (yesterday), Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, while talking about the presence of US private military companies in Ukraine, warned strongly about Western positions and the intensification of NATO military presence on Russia’s eastern and western borders.
