Ukrainian parliament expects additional deliveries of ATACMS from US
The Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) claims that the United States has political readiness for additional deliveries of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine.
Source: Oleksandra Ustinova, leader of the Holos Party faction in the Verkhovna Rada, in an interview with European Pravda
Quote: "Yes, now there is such political readiness," Ustinova said, answering a question about the White House's readiness for such supplies, noting that a year ago the decisions of the United States to provide these missiles were guided by fears of escalation.
"Now, after we sank their ships there [in Crimea - ed.], bombed the headquarters of the Black Sea Fleet in Sevastopol and the plant in Kerch, I see that this fear has disappeared.
And therefore, we are counting on [additional - ed.] ATACMS," the lawmaker said.
Ustinova noted that in the United States there are not so many of them, just about 1,500, and they are different ones too: with a range of 165 km and 300 km, cluster and high-explosive.
"We need 300-kilometre [missiles - ed.]. They will not allow us to win the war, but still, it will be a little game changer, as HIMARS were," she explained.
Background:
- In early November, a group of high-ranking Republicans in the US Congress called on President Joe Biden to send missiles with a longer effective range to Ukraine.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed in his evening address that Ukraine had deployed ATACMS missiles successfully, striking at the airfields of Russian forces in occupied Berdiansk and Luhansk.
- On Tuesday, 17 October, the White House officially confirmed that Ukraine recently received long-range ATACMS missiles in a modification that has a range of 165 kilometres.
- According to the New York Times, so far, the United States has sent about 20 ATACMS missiles to Ukraine.
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