U.S. officials say Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles, striking a Russian military airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in another occupied area
Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday.Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, the new missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance — up to 190 miles — that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the U.S. last October.
“I think the time is right, and the boss made the decision the time is right to provide these based on where the fight is right now,” Grady said Wednesday. “I think it was a very well considered decision, and we really wrung it out — but again, any time you introduce a new system, any change — into a battlefield, you have to think through the escalatory nature of it.”Ukrainian officials haven’t publicly acknowledged the receipt or use of long-range ATACMS.
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