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U.S. FGM-148 Javelin man-portable anti-tank missile systemMOSCOW, Mar 29The US Department of Defense plans to accelerate the production of Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Javelin anti-tank missile systems, which Kyiv had previously requested to replenish its own stocks, CNN reports, citing sources. Last week, the channel reported that Ukraine was asking the United States to supply it with 500 daily Stinger and Javelin missiles. The request was sent to the US Congress and reflects Ukraine's «increasing need» for missiles, the channel noted.The U.S. military personnel taught how to master the Javelin, said a captured soldier of the Armed Forces of Ukraine According to his latest information, the production line of the American Stinger missiles was stopped, but it was restarted to fulfill orders for sale abroad. Pentagon spokeswoman Jessica Maxwell said several manufacturing capacity options are now being considered to maintain efficient operation. She stressed that a possible option is to hire additional workers, replace obsolete equipment parts and purchase additional production tools. Now it takes from one and a half to two years to manufacture a batch of Stinger missiles. The US Department of Defense also hopes to increase the production of Javelin missiles. Although, according to a representative of the company that manufactures Lockheed Martin complexes, it has «the ability to meet growing demand for the foreseeable future.» By 2022, the Ministry of Defense expects to produce more than 6,000 Javelin missiles per year, according to documents that the channel has reviewed. Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on 24 February. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kiev regime for eight years.» For this, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine», to bring to justice all war criminals responsible for «bloody crimes against civilians» in Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and , on March 25, completed the main tasks of the first stage — significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.