The president of USA, Joe Bidensecretly sent to Ukraine long-range missiles in March ATACMSwhat Kiev I had been complaining for months and Washington had resisted handing over, as revealed this Wednesday Jake Sullivanthe White House National Security Advisor.
At a press conference at the White House, Sullivan explained that Biden In February he ordered his team to provide Ukraine “a significant number” of missiles ATACMSbut only so that they were used “within Ukrainian territory” and not against Russia.
A month later, in March, those missiles were delivered to Ukrainerevealed Sullivan.
Why did Biden decide to send the missiles?
Although it was not made public at the time, these missiles were included in a military aid package valued at 300 million dollars that Biden approved on March 12, detailed the president’s advisor.
Biden decided to approve that shipment after US intelligence concluded that Russia has used long-range missiles from other countries, particularly North Koreaon the battlefield and in the face of increasing Russian attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure.
Sullivan He avoided specifying the exact number of missiles sent to Ukrainian forces, although he assured that more will be sent, especially now that Congress has approved a foreign aid package that includes $61 billion in military assistance to Kiev.
The debate over shipping to Ukraine of the missiles ATACMS had been developing for months within the Government of Bidenwhere some feared provoking an escalation of war with Moscow and? Ukraine will use them to attack targets inside Russia.
Ukraine guarantees not to use them outside its borders
A Sullivan He was asked during the press conference if there is still this fear that Ukraine attack on Russia with missiles ATACMSbut said that the Executive has received guarantees from the Ukrainians that these weapons will only be used within their territory.
“The Ukrainian government has given us guarantees that they will not use them outside the borders of Ukraine“, he claimed Sullivan.
He recalled that the Ukrainian Executive has also made these commitments in the past, for example with rockets HIMARSwhose range is around 50 miles (about 80 kilometers), and has shown that they will not use these American weapons directly against Russia.
The first time that Biden mentioned that he was considering sending missiles ATACMS a Ukraine It was in July of last year during the summit of the I’LL TAKE in Vilna (Lithuania), but at that moment USA decided to prioritize sending artillery to Ukraine, since it was what was being used the most on the battlefield. EFE
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