Ukraine Uses Long-Range Missiles Secretly Provided by U.S.
Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles—ATACMS—provided secretly by the United States, officials said.
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Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles—ATACMS—provided secretly by the United States, officials said.
The new missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance – up to 190 miles – that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the U.S. last October.
The weapons, with double the striking distance, were used for the first time to bomb a Russian airfield in Crimea and Russian forces in another occupied area.
Not even US lawmakers knew the ATACM missiles were already in Ukraine.
Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday.