US President Joe Biden has decided to send American ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine after months of deliberation. The Financial Times newspaper reports this.
According to interlocutors, Washington will send a version of the missiles equipped with cluster warheads, rather than a single warhead.
It is reported that the decision was made before the visit of Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky in the United States, but the Biden administration decided not to announce this publicly.
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According to the publication's sources, this was done so as not to alert the Russians and not encourage them to move their supply lines further from the front line . Sources say the US will send ATACMS missiles soon and in small quantities at first.
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ATACMS missiles have a range of up to 300 km, which will allow Kiev to strike Russian troops at a greater distance than they could previously reach. They are launched from multiple launch rocket systems such as HIMARS.
According to the latest available data, the US ATACMS arsenal contains 1,486 missiles, of which 364 ,212; cluster.
At the same time, the White House and the Pentagon have not yet confirmed information about US plans to provide ATACMS ballistic missiles to Ukraine. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said she could not confirm reports that the United States is ready to transfer ATACMS to Ukraine.
