Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited a Scranton, Pennsylvania ammunition plant on Wednesday, thanking the United States for its support in the war against Russia and urging for continued aid. Zelenskyy's visit to the facility, which produces 155mm artillery shells for Ukraine, comes ahead of his meetings with President Biden and Vice President Harris in Washington.
The Ukrainian president is in the United States for the U.N. General Assembly annual gathering in New York, which will be followed by talks with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in D.C.Rep. Matt Cartwright, a Democrat who was among those who met with Zelenskyy at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, said the president had a simple message: “Thank you. And we need more.
‘Vast majority' of bomb threats targeting Springfield, Ohio are of international origin, officials say She said many of her friends’ parents have worked in the ammunition plant, and she called Zelenskyy’s visit “a wonderful thing.” The 155 mm shells made in the Scranton plant are used in howitzer systems, which are towed large guns with long barrels that can fire at various angles. Howitzers can strike targets up to 15 miles to 20 miles away and are highly valued by ground forces to take out enemy targets from a protected distance.
So far he has not persuaded the Pentagon or White House to loosen those restrictions. The Defense Department has emphasized that Ukraine can already hit Moscow with Ukrainian-produced drones, and there is hesitation on the strategic implications of a U.S.-made missile potentially striking the Russian capital.
In response the U.S. has invested in restarting production lines and is now manufacturing more than 40,000 155 mm rounds a month, with plans to hit 100,000 rounds a month.
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