The administration of US President Joe Biden does not plan to announce the transfer of ATACMS long-range tactical missiles to Ukraine during the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to Washington next week, according to a portal reporting with Axios as a source.
Sources indicate that this topic was also discussed during Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s trip to Kyiv in early September, yet the American side has not finalized a decision.
Plans call for Zelensky to meet with President Biden in Washington on September 21, with additional talks slated with leaders of both major parties in Congress as part of ongoing discussions about security and military support.
Meanwhile Alexey Danilov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, stated that Kyiv is likely to purchase more than ten Abrams tanks from the United States in the near future.
Earlier, negotiations between the United States and Ukraine focused on broader security guarantees for Kyiv, highlighting the ongoing strategic dialogue about Ukraine’s defense and stability in the region.