us media: us officials say atacms missile inventory is limited, ukraine should not count on quantity
2024-09-02
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according to cnn on august 30, ukrainian defense minister umerov said that the us government has not yet approved his request during his visit to the us, which is to allow the ukrainian army to use long-range weapons provided by the us to attack targets deep inside russian territory. he also confirmed that when he met with senior us officials in washington that day, he submitted a list of targets for this purpose.
ukrainian defense minister umerov source: visual china
"we have explained what kind of capabilities we need...so i hope our voice will be heard," umerov told cnn. the report said that despite repeated requests from ukrainian president zelensky, the united states is not expected to relax restrictions on the ukrainian army's use of the long-range army tactical missile system (atacms) at this time.
earlier on august 27, pentagon spokesman pat ryder told reporters: "you have heard us say that the ukrainians can use american security assistance to protect themselves from cross-border attacks, in other words, to launch a counterattack. but regarding long-range strikes deep into russia, our policy has not changed."
cnn quoted a us official as saying that ukraine only received a limited number of atacms long-range missiles provided by the united states, and the united states has made it clear that due to the limited us inventory and the long production time of the weapon, ukraine should not expect the united states to provide atacms missiles in large quantities again.
prior to the meeting between the defense ministers of the united states and ukraine, the u.s. official revealed that many of the high-value targets identified by ukrainian officials on russian territory were beyond the range of atacms because the russian military has moved its key military assets, including aircraft capable of dropping glide bombs, away from the front lines.
however, umerov refuted the above statement, saying that he had submitted a potential target list to us officials, listing the deep targets in russian territory that the ukrainian army would attack using the atacms system. "we are showing that the airports they (russia) used to attack our cities are within the range of deep strikes," umerov said in the interview.
cnn reported that ukraine has used the atacms missiles it received to attack russian targets in crimea, including air defense systems, ammunition depots and airports. us officials said that the entire crimean peninsula is within the range of atacms, making it a major area for ukrainian forces to launch attacks using us-made missiles.
umerov said ukrainian officials are pushing the us to lift restrictions on atacms. at the same time, the us still focuses on air defense systems in its aid to ukraine, and the biden administration has included air defense systems in almost every military aid plan for ukraine. the official quoted by cnn also said that the united states has also put ukraine at the top of its air defense system supply priority ranking, giving priority to ukraine with the $2 billion worth of air defense systems originally planned to be delivered to other countries.#deep good articles project#
