United States President Joe Biden has informed his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, that Washington will provide Kyiv with ATACMS long-range missiles, US\u00a0media\u00a0reported. According to international media reports, Ukraine has repeatedly asked the Biden administration for the long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to help hit supply lines, airbases and rail networks deep behind Russia\u2019s front lines in occupied regions of Ukraine. But the White House has not announced a decision to provide Ukraine with the ATACMS system and the missiles were not publicly discussed when Zelenskyy visited Washington, DC on Thursday for talks with Biden, even as the US announced a new $325m military aid package for Kyiv. The White House and the Pentagon declined to comment on the\u00a0media report on Friday. The Pentagon also declined to say whether any promise of ATACMS was given to Zelenskyy during his meetings on Thursday at the Department of Defense, saying: \u201cIn regards to ATACMS, we have nothing to announce.\u201d A date for delivery of the ATACMS was not revealed, according to US media. Russia\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned earlier this month that the supply of longer-range missiles to Kyiv would cross a \u201cred line\u201d and the US would be viewed as \u201ca party to the conflict\u201d in Ukraine if it did provide such weapons. \u201cWe are discussing all the different types of weapons \u2013 long-range weapons and artillery, artillery shells with the calibre of 155mm, then air defence systems,\u201d Ukrainian President Zelenskyy said. \u201cWe have a comprehensive discussion and [we] work with the United States at different levels,\u201d he said. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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