US Secretly Armed Ukraine With Long-Range ATACMS Last Month

A Biden administration official said that Ukraine has already used the missiles in an attack on a Russian base in Crimea

The US confirmed on Wednesday that it had secretly sent Ukraine long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) last month as part of a $300 million arms package.

The long-range ATACMS can be fired from the HIMARS rocket systems and can hit targets up to 190 miles away, a range that marks a significant escalation in US support for Ukraine. Last year, the US secretly shipped an older cluster bomb variant of the ATACMS that has a range of about 100 miles.

A Biden administration official said Ukraine has already used the longer-range ATACMS twice, including in an attack on a Russian base in Crimea. US-supported attacks on Crimea or the Russian mainland always risk a major escalation from Moscow.

🔗Source: Antiwar.com

Related: 3/24 — Russian news reports that 🇷🇺-occupied Sevastopol, Crimea is being attacked by Ukraine 🇺🇦.

Local news says it is the largest attack on Crimea since the war began & Ukraine 🇺🇦 forces are using Storm Shadow (Long-Range Cruise Missiles) 🇬🇧.

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