The State Department will notify the permission of strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation with ATACMS missiles - Congressman
This statement was made by the Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Affairs of the House of Representatives Michael McCol, who confirmed the information in an interview with Axios journalist Jigelreis Brufke. US Secretary of State Atony Blinken is expected, together with the UK Foreign Minister David Lemmy, Kyiv will soon visit. During their visit, they intend to inform President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky about the removal of restrictions on the use of US ballistic missiles.
"I talked to Blinken two days ago, and he goes with his colleague from the United Kingdom to Kiev to tell them that they will allow them to strike in Russia with ATACMS," - quotes the journalist of the word McLA. So far, Presidential Administration, Joe Baiden, has been refrained from granting permission to Ukraine for the use of ATACMS with a radius of more than 300 km outside its territory.
According to the War Zone observers, there is a similar position in the United Kingdom, which forbade the use of the winged Storm Shadow missiles provided to Ukraine for attacks in the Russian Federation. However, as sources indicate, this policy may change. The fact is that Iran's conversations about Ballistic Missiles to Russia, which will push the administration to change the ATACMS policy.
And Blinken became the last official of the United States, who confirmed that Russia had received this weapon. "We warned Tehran publicly, we warned Tehran privately that this step would be a dangerous escalation. Dozens of Russian servicemen have been trained in Iran's use of the Fath-360 Ballistic Missile System, the maximum range of 75 miles. rocket and most likely will apply them for several weeks in Ukraine against Ukrainians, " - said the American diplomat.
Meanwhile, analysts believe that giving Ukraine the opportunity to use ATACMS in Russia can significantly change the nature of the conflict. These weapons have the ability to strike at considerable distances and strike critically important infrastructure. At the same time, a potential change in US and UK's policy can also cause a negative reaction from Russia, which has previously warned the consequences of supplying to Kiev long -range missiles.
If Ukraine receives permission to use ATACMS and Storm Shadow to attack Russian territory, it can lead to further aggravation of the conflict and strengthening military confrontation, analysts have summed up. We will remind, the White House Advisor John Kirby said during a briefing that the ATACMS long -range missiles, which Ukraine wants to get with a permit to blows deep into the Russian Federation, will not be able to hit about 90% of the enemy aircraft.