President Joe Biden reportedly told Volodymyr Zelensky this week that the U.S. will send Ukraine long-range ATACMS missiles.
So far, the White House and the Pentagon have not confirmed the reports of Biden promising Zelensky ATACMS missiles. It is also unclear from the reports when the U.S. would begin supplying the missiles if confirmed.the administration was “not taking it off the table in the future,” adding that President Biden is “constantly speaking both to his own military and to his counterparts in Europe and to the Ukrainians themselves, about what is needed on the battlefield at any given phase of the war”.
The reports come amid a growing sense that the much anticipated Ukrainian counteroffensive against the Russians will likely not break through before winter conditions make the movement of troops and heavy weaponry difficult. Even President Zelensky admitted this week that “” if there will be a significant breakthrough against the heavily entrenched Russian lines this year, although he said that he believes Ukraine “will have more success” next year.
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