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White House Confirms Ukraine Can Use ATACMS to Strike Deep Into Russia
White House Confirms Ukraine Can Use ATACMS to Strike Deep Into Russia
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White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby confirmed on Monday that Ukraine was allowed to use US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles to fire at targets in the western Russian region of Kursk.
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"Right now, they are able to use ATACMS to defend themselves on an immediate need basis. And right now, understandably, that's taking place in and around Kursk, and the Kursk Oblast," Kirby told reporters.After the publication of the first reports that the Biden administration had quietly greenlit ATACMS strikes against Russia on November 17, officials in Washington spent days ducking the issue, with State Department spokesman Matthew Miller telling a news conference last Monday that he would "not...speak to or confirm any policy changes."As recently as November 21, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Signh said she "still [didn't] have anything to announce or confirm" on that score, promising to provide an update "if there is more to share.""We're going to continue to supply Ukraine what it needs. But I'd really refer you to the Ukrainians to speak to their operations," Singh said.At the same time, US officials anonymously told US media that ATACMS had indeed been used against Russia.The Russian military has been reporting for more than a week that its forces have been shooting down an array of ballistic and cruise missile threats, with the MoD reporting November 19 that the ATACMS had been used against a military target in Bryansk region, with Russian air defenses shooting down five of the missiles and damaging another.
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atacms, us authorizes use of atacms by ukraine against russia, white house confirms ukraine can use atacms to strike deep into russia
atacms, us authorizes use of atacms by ukraine against russia, white house confirms ukraine can use atacms to strike deep into russia
White House Confirms Ukraine Can Use ATACMS to Strike Deep Into Russia
18:01 GMT 25.11.2024 (Updated: 19:21 GMT 25.11.2024) WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - White House National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby confirmed on Monday that Ukraine is allowed to use US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles to fire at targets in the western Russian region of Kursk.
"Right now, they are able to use ATACMS to defend themselves on an immediate need basis. And right now, understandably, that's taking place in and around Kursk, and the Kursk Oblast," Kirby told reporters.
After the publication of the first reports that the Biden administration had quietly greenlit ATACMS strikes against Russia on November 17, officials in Washington spent days ducking the issue, with State Department spokesman Matthew Miller telling a news conference last Monday that he would "not...speak to or confirm any policy changes."
As recently as November 21, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Signh
said she "still [didn't] have anything to announce or confirm" on that score, promising to provide an update "if there is more to share."
"We're going to continue to supply Ukraine what it needs. But I'd really refer you to the Ukrainians to speak to their operations," Singh said.
At the same time, US officials
anonymously told US media that ATACMS had indeed been used against Russia.
The Russian military has been reporting for more than a week that its forces have been shooting down an array of
ballistic and cruise missile threats, with the MoD
reporting November 19 that the ATACMS had been used against a military target in Bryansk region, with Russian air defenses shooting down five of the missiles and damaging another.
