Biden is still considering ATACMS for Ukraine
US President Joe Biden has confirmed that he is still considering providing Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles.
Source: European Pravda, citing Biden's comments to Bloomberg journalists
Quote from Biden: "We are working on that".
Details: The US President explained that the issue of providing Ukraine with long-range missiles is still being discussed. At the same time, he clarified that the Ukrainian forces already have the equivalent of ATACMS (probably, referring to Storm Shadow and SCALP missiles).
For reference: The Army Tactical Air-to-Air Missile System (ATACMS) is a surface-to-surface missile with a range of about 300 kilometres. This distance is almost four times longer than the range of the HIMARS mobile missiles that the US began sending to Ukraine last year.
Background:
- Earlier, The New York Times reported that a "quiet" debate was going on in the administration of US President Joe Biden on whether to send ATACMS long-range tactical missile systems to Ukraine.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that during the negotiations with US leader Joe Biden, he raised the issue of providing Ukraine with long-range ATACMS missiles, but there are no agreements as of now
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