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The United States has already quietly started delivering ATACMS semi-ballistic missiles to Ukraine in their unrestricted version.
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Ukraine has already received its first American ATACMS missiles in their long-range version.
Secret deliveries began even before Congress voted for the new tranche of aid to Ukraine.
These surface-to-surface missiles have a range of 300 km.
Jake Sullivan, White House security adviser: “We have already sent a few and we will send more now that we have additional authority and funds. I am not going to give precise figures for operational reasons. I think they will make a difference.
The results on the ground of the new American weapons could take some time to come.
According to the US Secretary of State for Security, Russia could continue to make “tactical advances” in the coming weeks.
Ukraine has nevertheless already fired its first long-range ATACMS on Russian bases in Crimea.
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine: “I am grateful to President Biden, the US Congress and all Americans who are aware of the need to pull the rug out from under Putin, not submit to him, because this “It is only on this condition that the threats against freedom will truly diminish.”
The shortage of weapons and ammunition is expected to gradually ease, but the Ukrainian army continues to face a deficit of fighters.
According to the White House, Presidents V. Zelensky and J. Biden raised the problem of mobilization during an interview.
kyiv has just lowered the age of conscripts from 27 to 25.
Ukraine also announces that its consulates abroad will no longer issue passports to men aged 18 to 60.