The U.S. has already sent ATACMS with a range of 300 km to Ukraine in complete secrecy.

2024-04-25 09:29:54

The US military’s ATACMS surface-to-surface missile is launched. (Provided by the Joint Chiefs of Staff) 2022.5.25/News 1

It was revealed that the United States had already secretly provided the 300km ATACMS long-range missile that Ukraine had strongly requested.

According to Reuters and the New York Times (NYT) on the 24th (local time), White House National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said at a briefing on this day, “A significant number of (Atamx) missiles have already been sent to Ukraine,” and added, “More will be sent in the future.” “He said.

However, he said that Ukraine had promised to use ATACMS only in Ukraine, not in Russia.

He also added that some of the missiles sent this time are part of the $1 billion (approximately 1.378 trillion won) military support approved by President Joe Biden on this day.

This support was provided before President Biden signed the $60.8 billion (approximately 84 trillion won) additional support budget for Ukraine passed by Congress on this day.

In relation to this, a U.S. official also told the NYT that Ukraine had already received ATACMS missiles last week, and that some of the missiles sent this time were also included in the $300 million (approximately 413.2 billion won) aid plan announced on the 12th of last month.

In addition, the official added that the Ukrainian military fired ATACMS at a Russian military airfield on the Crimean Peninsula on the 17th, and on the 23rd, it fired it at Russian troops deployed in Verdyansk, southeastern Ukraine.

The United States also sent ATACMS to Ukraine in October of last year, but only supported the older model with a range of 165 km due to concerns about escalation of war due to a strike on the Russian mainland.

However, as the front line continued to be deadlocked and the Ukrainian army struggled to overcome the Russian army, a new model with a maximum range of 300 km was supported.

Meanwhile, over the past few weeks while the United States and the West have been delayed, Russia has strengthened its offensive on Ukraine’s eastern front and gradually pushed back the Ukrainian army.

Attention is being paid to whether Ukraine will be able to launch a counterattack as the additional support bill passed in the United States after a long period of pains.

(Seoul = News 1)

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2024-04-25 09:29:54