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Ukraine has begun using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the United States, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea.

They give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the US last year.

U.S. officials say Ukraine for the first time has begun using long-range ballistic missiles, striking a Russian military airfield in Crimea and Russian troops in another occupied area overnight. The strikes come about a month after the U.S. secretly provided the weapons so Ukraine could strike targets up to 190 miles away. One U.S. official says the delivery of the Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, was approved by President Joe Biden in February, and then in March the U.S. included a “significant” number of them in a $300 million aid package announced. The official say...

They give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the US last year.

They give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the US last year.