US President Joe Biden’s administration has already decided to provide ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine, but decided not to make this public to avoid provoking Russia. The Financial Times writes about this.
According to the newspaper, informing the public could encourage the Russians to move their supply lines away from the front line.
The FT also claims that the missiles will be delivered in the near future, primarily in small quantities.
On September 20, Foreign Policy magazine, citing a source in the congressional apparatus reportedHe said that all American departments have approved the supply of American ATACMS long-range missiles to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but the final decision belongs to president Joe Biden.
Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky stated In an interview with American television channel CNN, he said he did not know whether the Ukrainian armed forces would be able to win a counteroffensive before the end of the year. Zelensky also expressed confidence that Ukraine will soon receive American-made ATACMS missiles.
Previously USA and Ukraine started Negotiations on security guarantees for Kiev.