{"id":35665,"date":"2024-04-26T01:25:47","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T01:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/26\/ukraine-could-use-new-weapons-to-hit-russian-targets-in-crimea-pentagon-says\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T01:25:47","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T01:25:47","slug":"ukraine-could-use-new-weapons-to-hit-russian-targets-in-crimea-pentagon-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/26\/ukraine-could-use-new-weapons-to-hit-russian-targets-in-crimea-pentagon-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Could Use New Weapons to Hit Russian Targets in Crimea, Pentagon Says"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ukrainian forces will be able to use a newly delivered, coveted long-range missile system to more effectively target Russian forces in occupied Crimea, senior Pentagon officials said on Thursday.<\/p>\n

After months of requests, Ukraine received a longer-range version of the Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, which can travel 190 miles. Before the delivery this month, the United States had supplied Ukraine with a version of the system that has a 100-mile range and is armed with wide-spreading cluster munitions.<\/p>\n

Much of the long-delayed weapons deliveries would need to initially focus on shoring up Ukraine\u2019s defenses, U.S. national security officials said. The new system can reach deeper into Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine and target supply nodes for Russian forces in the southeast.<\/p>\n

The goal for the new longer-range systems is to put more pressure on Crimea, a hub of Russian air and ground forces, \u201cwhere, right now, Russia has had relatively safe haven,\u201d a senior defense official told reporters during a news briefing at the Pentagon on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n