{"id":58756,"date":"2024-05-25T12:08:31","date_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/25\/ukraine-steps-up-attacks-with-u-s-long-range-missiles\/"},"modified":"2024-05-25T12:08:31","modified_gmt":"2024-05-25T12:08:31","slug":"ukraine-steps-up-attacks-with-u-s-long-range-missiles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/25\/ukraine-steps-up-attacks-with-u-s-long-range-missiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Steps Up Attacks With U.S. Long-Range Missiles"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Ukrainian army has increasingly used U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to target Russian airfields and warships deep behind enemy lines, a practice that has brought it some success within Russian-occupied Ukrainian territory, but that it has been barred by Washington from extending into Russia proper, limiting its ability to repel Russian assaults.<\/p>\n

In the past week, Kyiv\u2019s forces launched three attacks using Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS. The air assaults \u2014 which hit an air-defense system and a missile ship in Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine\u2019s east and south \u2014 were reported by both sides, and their impact was confirmed by independent<\/a> groups<\/a> that analyze geolocated footage of the battlefield.<\/p>\n

Ukraine hopes that the strikes, by hurting Moscow\u2019s ability to conduct military operations, will ultimately help relieve troops struggling to contain Russian advances on the ground. But the United States and other Western allies have permitted only the firing of Western weapons into Russian-occupied territory in Ukraine, not into Russia itself, for fear of escalating the war.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian officials have complained that the policy allows Moscow to launch attacks from inside Russia without risk and handcuffs Ukraine\u2019s ability to repel them. \u201cThey proceed calmly, understanding that our partners do not give us permission\u201d to strike, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in an interview with The New York Times<\/a> this past week. \u201cThis is their huge advantage.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n