Ukraine has repeatedly requested the delivery of long-range American ATACMS missiles, which can also be launched from HIMARS missile systems, from the United States, but the Biden administration previously refrained from this possibility, fearing that it would lead to an escalation of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict. . However, at the beginning of January, rumors appeared that the Pentagon was also considering handing over ATACMS to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
the Minister of State at the British Ministry of Defence In response to a written parliamentary question, he said: They do not rule out the possibility of supplying Ukraine with weapons systems with a longer range that can reach missile systems stationed in remote regions of Russia. The foreign minister also confirmed that the possibility of delivery arose after Russia targeted Ukrainian civilian infrastructure with its long-range missiles.
The UK is constantly reviewing its assistance to Ukraine and has not ruled out supplying long-range weapons systems to Russia in response to the recent mass indiscriminate attacks on civilian infrastructure.
It was included in the Secretary of State’s response.
The UK government does not rule out supplying it with missiles with sufficient range to destroy its missile systems. # Ukraine
– Declassified (UK) January 23, 2023
The UK has also pioneered another longstanding order from Ukraine to supply the Ukrainian Armed Forces with modern Western developed main battle tanks (MBTs). At the beginning of the year, Great Britain announced that it would send 14 Challenger 2s to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
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