https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-67135163

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Two weeks after Ukraine first employed the US-provided Army Tactical Missile System against Russian forces, top GOP lawmakers sent a letter to President Joe Biden arguing that “the job on ATACMS is only half-done.”
See on rohkem küsimus sellest, kas Ukraina võis / võib USA varustusega Venemaa põhiterritooriumi rünnata või mitte.Walter2 kirjutas: ↑10 Jaan, 2024 9:17 Samast artiklist:
''Russian bases were hit using the early MGM-140A variant of ATACMS - a shorter-range version of the family of weapons with a striking distance of around 100 miles (160km).''
Vaja on pikema laskekaugusega varianti e. ca. 300km. ning muid analoogilisi relvasüsteeme.
Aga ei ole saatmata.
Üks hea artikkel 2022 aprilllist.Congress is growing increasingly frustrated that the Biden administration has not moved forward with a package of military assistance destined for Ukraine, sources familiar with the decision said, fearing that the White House is doing too little to stave off the possibility of a Russian military invasion of the country.
Veebruaris 2023 ütles seda välisasjade komitee juhataja.“The United States has been unwilling to take some steps because of its own self-deterring beliefs about Russian behavior,” Cohen argues.
Kui 2022 oleks alustatud suuremahulisi relvade tarneid, siis 2023 sõda oleks olnud teistsugune.House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) slammed the Biden administration for its “slow-walk” on sending aid to Ukraine, adding that the move is dragging out the conflict, which is “precisely what Putin wants.”
During an interview on ABC’s “This Week,” McCaul told host Martha Raddatz that it is “unfortunate” that Biden is not sending F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine immediately.
“If they don’t get the momentum right now with the Russian offensive coming into the country right now, they have a window of time with the counter-offensive,” he said. “That’s why it’s important.”
“When we slow-walk and slow-pace this thing, it drags it out. And that’s precisely what Putin wants,” he added.
As President Zelensky petitions the U.S. and NATO for continued support, with high-profile visits to several capitals in December, and as Congress fights over another aid package to Ukraine, the U.S. and NATO are now shipping to Kyiv many of the sensitive weapon systems that Ukrainian officials have been requesting since 2022. Despite shortfalls in Western production capacity, this includes first-generation main battle tanks like the M1A1 Abrams, long range precision artillery like HIMARS, and fighter jets like the F-16. As these weapons systems arrived on the battlefield in the last few months, albeit in smaller numbers than the Ukrainians would like, it’s to an environment that’s changed radically since they were first requested.
ATACMSi anti pika lunimise peale 20 tk. Laos on seda mudelit 1100, millest suur osa on aegumas.HAWKS FOR UKRAINE: Spain confirms that it is sending an additional six MIM-23 HAWK air defense systems to Ukraine. Once a mainstay of US front line air defense, more than 40,000 Hawk missiles were produced. Tens of thousands of Hawk missiles remain in storage.
Juttu on kõvasti ja teiste poole piilumist, et äkki teevad vähem!Scholz ütles ajakirjanikele esmaspäeval, et Saksamaa kavandatud Ukraina relvaabi kahekordistamine sel aastal kaheksa miljardi euroni pole piisav Ukraina julgeoleku tagamiseks pikas plaanis, kirjutab Politico.
"Seetõttu kutsun üles meie liitlasi EL-is suurendama samuti oma pingutusi Ukraina toetamiseks. Seni enamiku EL-i riikide kavandatud relvaabi Ukrainale on liiga väike. Meil on vaja suuremaid panuseid," ütles sotsiaaldemokraadist Saksa valitsusjuht.
Aga prantslased ja britid on andnud (enda varusid arvestades) üsnagi soliidselt. Loll on see kes vabandust ei leia, nagu öeldakse ...Vastaja kirjutas: ↑11 Jaan, 2024 13:47 Intervjuus ERR-ile kurdab endine USA vägede juhataja Euroopas Ben Hodges, et USA soovimatus suuremal hulgal ATACMS rakette Ukrainale tarnida on põhjuseks Scholtzi vastuseisule Taurus-tüüpi tiibrakettide saatmisele. Saksa kantsler ootab, et USA n.ö. otsa lahti teeks. Seni on ATACMS-e Ukrainale antud väga vähe.
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