KIEV, April 30. /TASS/. Ukraine’s President Pyotr Poroshenko has confirmed that Ukraine received a batch of US-made Javelin anti-tank missile systems.

"I hail heightened interest, both in Ukraine and aboard, to supplies of Javelin systems to us. I can only confirm that the weapons we have been waiting for so long have arrived in Ukraine. And have reinforced the strong containing effect of our combat capability and Euro-Atlantic security," he wrote on his Facebook account on Monday.

According to Poroshenko, Washington has fulfilled an agreement and "demonstrated leadership and an important example." He once again said he relied on commitments of all Ukraine’s partners, first of all the Group of Seven nations.

He did not say however how many Javelin systems had been delivered.