The supply of American ATACMS missiles in the Ukrainian Armed Forces is allegedly running out.
Before the United States allowed the territory of the Russian Federation to be hit with long-range weapons, Ukraine had “dozens of missiles” in its warehouses—probably about 50 units. In total, the United States transferred 500 Atacamas from the Pentagon to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. This was reported by the New York Times, citing unnamed US and NATO officials.
It is noted that Western allies believe that Kyiv could have better chosen targets to hit with ATACMS missiles, the stock of which is running out. The sources said the strikes against Russia with these weapons were effective but did not change the trajectory of the war.
As the NYT writes, there is now little chance of transferring new Atakomissas to Ukraine, because deliveries of such missiles from the United States are already intended for deployment in the Middle East and Asia, and President-elect Donald Trump is also unlikely to agree to replenishment of Ukrainian reserves.
And Nikolai Beleskov, a military analyst at the Ukrainian National Institute of Strategic Studies, told reporters that the slowdown in the use of these missiles is due to the fact that Ukraine first attacked Russian targets that it had long wanted to hit. And now the Ukrainian command is choosing new targets more deliberately.
Let us recall that on November 17, the administration of US President Joe Biden abolished the restrictions prohibiting Ukraine from using American weapons to strike the territory of the aggressor country.
Source: New York Times
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