Ukraine uses long-range ATACMS against Russia for the first time
by Drudge Report
Drudge Report— The U.S. provided Ukraine with powerful long-range ballistic missiles for the first time earlier this month, and its military has already used them twice in the last week against Russian forces, according to three U.S. officials. The first strike was about 100 miles inside Crimea’s border on the morning of April 17, targeting a Russian military airfield, according to the officials. The Ukrainian military used the U.S.-provided Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, for the second time...
The Independent—Russia Ukraine latest news today: Kyiv starts using US long-range missiles as Moscow sends nuclear warheads to Belarus. Missiles were supplied to Ukraine under a secret deal agreed in March ahead of the £76bn US security package
Breaking Defense—Sullivan says Ukraine supplemental should cover all of 2024, long-range ATACMS now in Ukraine. "We now have a significant number of ATACMS coming off their production line and entering US stocks," Jake Sullivan said today. "And as a result, we can move forward with providing the ATACMS while also sustaining the readiness of the US armed forces.”
The Guardian—Ukraine war briefing: Long-range Atacms already hitting Russian forces. Joe Biden gave missiles to Ukraine under prior funding, after the US reportedly warned Russia against using long-range missiles in Ukraine. What we know on day 792Atacms long-ranges missiles capable of hitting targets 300km away had already arrived in Ukraine this month at the president’s direction, before the US security package was passed by Congress on Wednesday, the state department has said. Vedant Patel, a state department spokesperson, explained that the weapons were part of a March aid...