U.S. Javelin Missile System Plays Key Role In Ukraine's Defense

In the weeks leading up to the invasion, the U.S. made no secret of the high-tech threat Russia's armored vehicles would be up against.

Hundreds of tanks decimated. After Russia's army retreated from the suburbs of Kyiv, Ukrainian fighters are getting an up-close look at their scores won through pluck and leveraging of resources. The most celebrated of which, revered even, is the javelin anti-tank missile. 

An artist dubbed "Saint Javelin" is the patron of Ukrainian resistance. Her image is helping to raise over a million dollars in merchandise sales, benefiting humanitarian aid. 

To be sure, javelins, supplied by the U.S., are one of several anti-tank weapons systems that Ukraine is using to extract a heavy price from Putin.