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With ATACMS, Ukraine can reach any corner of Crimea – NYT

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Ukraine’s ATACMS missile strike could change where Russia is deploying vital air defense systems to protect critical infrastructure.

Ukraine is armed with American-made ATACMS missiles and can attack any point in Russian-occupied Crimea. The New York Times writes about it on Saturday, July 13.

“Russia first used the occupied Crimea as a springboard for its full-scale invasion, and then as a base for aerial bombing. However, now the missiles are increasingly coming in the opposite direction,” wrote American journalists .

They indicate that the potential targets of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are airfields, air defense systems and logistics centers of the Russian occupiers.

“Ukraine aims to destroy the critical base of the Russians that allows them to wage war,” the publication wrote.

A senior US official told reporters that Ukraine was using US-supplied long-range missiles “very effectively”. He also added that Ukraine has enough ATACMS missiles to continue attacking military targets in Crimea. According to him, the ammunition is constantly replenished, and we are not talking about dozens, but hundreds.

The NYT did not rule out that strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in Crimea could force Moscow to move some aircraft from the peninsula.

The American ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) operational-tactical missile system is designed to destroy target targets on the ground, such as command posts, missile launchers, air defense facilities, communication centers and warehouses located deep in enemy defenses.
To launch the missile, self-propelled tracked M270 and M142 units on a wheeled chassis are used. The complex consists of an MGM-140B operational-tactical ballistic missile with a maximum launch range of about 300 kilometers, depending on the modification.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg believes that Ukraine has the right to use weapons provided by allies to strike legitimate military targets on Russian territory.

ATACMS in Ukraine and already in use

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