U.S. Senator Rob Portman said lethal defensive weapons that the United States will soon send to Ukraine will help the country “push back” against any future aggression by Russia-backed separatists. Portman made the comments in an interview with RFE/RL’s Rostyslav Khotin on April 2 in Prague, a day before heading to Ukraine on a fact-finding tour. The United States State Department has approved the sale of Javelin antitank missiles and launch units to Ukraine in a deal worth about $47 million. (RFE/RL) …read more