By Samya Kullab / The Associated Press KHARKIV REGION, Ukraine—Weeks after the decision allowing Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory, the country is having some success in halting Russia’s new push along the northeast front, but military commanders are clamoring for restrictions on long-range...
In this image provided by the US Army, soldiers from the 3rd Battalion, 321st Field Artillery Regiment of the 18th Field Artillery Brigade out of Fort Bragg N.C., conduct live fire testing at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., on Dec. 14, 2021, of early versions of the Army Tactical Missile System. Ukraine is having some success in halting Russia’s new push along the northeast front weeks after the decision allowing the country to use US-supplied weapons for limited strikes in Russian territory.
The Ukrainian commanders interviewed spoke on condition that their callsigns be used, in line with brigade rules. “Unfortunately, we still cannot reach, for example, airfields and their aircraft. This is the problem,” Yehor Cherniev, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee on national security, defense and intelligence, said earlier this month. “That’s why we are asking to lift the restrictions to use long-range missiles against limited military targets in the territory of Russia.”
“The HIMARS were not silent for the whole day,” Hefastus said, recalling the first hours when permission was granted to use the rocket systems. “From the first days, Ukrainian forces managed to destroy whole columns of troops along the border waiting for the order to enter Ukraine.”
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