Kyiv asks the US for ATACMS strikes on Russian air bases

From the very beginning, Kyiv asked the United States for ATACMS strikes on Russian air bases. However, now the targets for the strikes are different.

This was reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Reuters.

According to the publication, Ukraine initially asked the United States to use long-range ATACMS missiles to hit Russian airbases, but now the potential targets for Ukrainian long-range strikes have expanded. In particular, they include:

Russian military command centers,

• fuel and weapons depots,

• places of troop concentration.

Anonymous sources have reported that Ukraine has provided the United States and the United Kingdom with a list of potential targets in Russia that could be hit by Western long-range weapons, if allowed.

As it became known, the targets changed after the Pentagon said that 90% of Russian planes that launch glider bombs, which are one of the main threats to Ukraine, are located at airfields located at least 300 kilometers from the territory controlled by Ukraine.

Author - Dmitriy Levchenko, 16/09/2024