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US agrees to send long-range missiles to Ukraine in military boost for Kyiv
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US president Joe Biden has decided to supply Ukraine with long-range army tactical missile systems (ATACMS), an important boost to Kyiv’s capacity to target Russian military logistics at long range distances as the country prepares for a second winter at war.
Biden told Ukraine’s leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a private meeting that a small number of the weapons would be transferred, NBC reported, citing US officials.
Kyiv aimed to break through Russian lines, then drive down to the Sea of Azov, isolating invading forces around Kherson and cutting off supply routes to Crimea.
Eventually a path was cleared by sappers on foot, and last week, in another key breakthrough, armoured vehicles breached Russia’s main anti-tank defences in the same area.That could allow them to push farther south more easily, or attack Russian forces along defensive lines from the rear.
While the land offensive has advanced slowly, Ukraine has sought to put pressure on Russian forces with long-distance drone and other attacks, both inside Russia and on occupied Ukrainian soil, particularly in Crimea.
Although there was no official announcement on ATACMS during Zelenskiy’s whirlwind visit to Washington last week, he secured $325m in new US aid and worked to reinforce support for his country among politicians.While in Europe support for Ukraine’s war effort is largely bipartisan, in the US there are splits along party political lines, with a faction of congressional Republicans largely aligned with the party’s presidential frontrunner Donald Trump increasingly opposed to funding aid and weapons transfers.
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