The United States has quietly delivered the long-range ballistic missiles Ukraine said it urgently needed and President Joe Biden promised last month
October 17, 2023 at 11:25 am EDTUkraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addresses the Ukraine Defense Contact Group during a meeting of NATO defense ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has arrived at NATO for meetings with alliance defense ministers to further drum up support for Ukraine's fight against Russia.
Ukraine’s Special Operations Forces claimed that a nighttime attack on targets in eastern and southern Ukraine destroyed nine Russian helicopters and other military equipment and personnel at two airfields in Russia-occupied regions. , worried that Kyiv could use the weapons to hit deep into Russian territory, enraging Moscow and escalating the conflict.and told Zelenskyy during a meeting at the White House that the U.S. would finally give Ukraine the ATACMS, according to officials at the time. The U.S., however, has refused to provide any details on timing or how many missiles would be delivered, although officials suggested that the plan was to send a small number, roughly two dozen.
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