Swarm of drones blitz Russian tanks & targets after US secretly ships long-range missiles to Ukraine
THE US has secretly been sending long-range ballistic missiles to Ukraine that are able to strike targets deep inside Russia.Last week, Kyiv hit a Russian military base used to launch attacks on Ukraine with ATACMS as well as a second attack on Moscow's forcesThe tactical surface-to-surface ballistic missiles fitted with 500lb warhead can reach targets 300km away in just five minutes, three times the speed of UK-supplied Storm Shadows.
The killer missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance it had with the mid-range version of the weapon it received from the US last October. State Department spokesman Vedant Patel said yesterday: "I can confirm that the United States provided Ukraine with long-range ATACMS at the president's direct direction."
Russia's use of North Korean-supplied long-range ballistic missiles against Ukraine in December and January, despite US private warnings not to do so, led to a change in heart, a Pentagon official said. Former US General Ben Hodges hailed ATACMS as playing a "critical role in neutralising Russia’s only advantage - mass, lots of soldiers".
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