By Mike Stone and Ryan Patrick Jones

(Reuters) -The U.S. State Department has approved a potential sale of air-launched cruise missiles and related equipment to Ukraine for an estimated $825 million, the Pentagon said on Thursday.

The potential sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles includes GPS guidance kits and electronic warfare defenses for the weapons, which have a range of "several hundred" miles according to one of the manufacturers.

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Kyiv came under massive attack from Russia on Thursday, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said earlier this month Kyiv has secured $1.5 billion from European allies to purchase U.S. weapons as part of a mechanism that he said "truly strengthens our defense."

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