US secretly sends long-range missiles Strengthening Ukraine’s claws, ‘Biden’ has signed a new round of aid to Kyiv.
BBC news agency reported that US officials confirmed that Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles that the United States secretly delivered to Ukraine. for use in fighting with Russia The said weapons are part of aid worth 300 million US dollars or 11,151 million baht given by President Joe. US Biden approved it last March. And the missiles just arrived in Ukraine in April.
The United States previously delivered a medium-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to Ukraine. But it is reluctant to send more powerful weapons to Ukraine. But it seems US President Biden has secretly approved the delivery of long-range missiles to Ukraine. Last February The missile has a firing range of up to 300 kilometers.
State Department spokesman Vidant Patel said: “I can confirm that the United States has delivered a long-range ATACMS missile system to Ukraine. According to the direct orders of the President of the United States,” Reuters news agency reported that Ukraine has used such long-range missiles provided by the United States for the first time. in last week’s attack on a Russian air base in the Russian-occupied Crimea region. The New York Times reported that Ukraine used ATACMS missiles to attack Russian forces in the Russian-held Ukrainian city of Berdiansk. Last night, April 23
Mr. Patel also said that The United States did not initially announce the delivery of the missiles to Ukraine. to provide operational security to Ukraine, as they requested. However, it is not clear how many ATACMS missiles the United States has sent to Ukraine, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said. White House Said the United States plans to deliver more such missiles to Ukraine. This will help make a difference for Ukraine. But as he has said before, there are no easy solutions in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.
US President Biden also signed off on a new round of aid to Ukraine worth 61 billion US dollars, or about 2.26 trillion baht, on April 24 after plans to provide additional aid to Ukraine faced a months-long stalemate in Congress. Over the objections of Republicans in the House.
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