Ukraine will need more weapons to continue the de-occupation of territories.
from the US and its allies, including a long-range missile system that Washington has refused to provide. The document lists dozens of types of weapons that, according to the Kyiv government, will be needed to continue the offensive in 2023. The Wall Street Journal writes about it.
Among them is the Army's tactical missile system, or ATACMS, which has a range of about 190 miles. The Biden administration, which has sent more than $15 billion in weapons and other security assistance to Ukraine, has refused to provide the system because of concerns that Ukraine could use it to launch strikes on Russian territory and fuel a wider conflict with the West.
< p>The list of Ukraine's requirements for “offensive operations” includes 29 types of weapons systems and ammunition. Among them are tanks, drones, artillery systems; more Harpoon anti-ship missiles; and 2,000 missiles for the highly mobile artillery missile system (Himars), which the United States began supplying earlier this year.
When asked on Friday why the United States still does not want to provide Ukraine with ATACMS missiles, the minister Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said the US is committed to giving the Ukrainians what they need to fight back against Russian forces, but said: “It's not just about one particular weapon or system.”
“It's about how you integrate these systems and how you integrate the efforts of different elements in the inventory to create effects that give the Ukrainians an advantage,” he said in Prague together with Czech Defense Minister Jana Chernokhova.
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In July, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov told the magazine that his country needed the ATACMS system because Russia has longer-range multiple-launch rocket systems. He said that his country had “passed the test” thanks to the successful use of Himars, the range of which is approaching 40 miles.
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Previously it was reported that Ukraine hit more than 400 Russian targets with HIMARS systems< /strong>. The deputy head of the Pentagon, Colin Kahl, believes that in order to defeat the targets that are a priority for the Armed Forces today, defenders need not ATACMS long-range missiles, which hit at a distance of up to 300 kilometers, but GMLRS, the range of which is 70- 80 km.
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