Ukraine is still without ATACMS: what prevents the US from passing roundabout missiles - experts

Washington's fears about whether the Ukrainian forces are causing ATACMS missiles in the Russian Federation are no longer relevant, Polish experts say. Ukraine already has long -range Storm Shadow and Scalp EG aerial landsiles. The Ukrainian Armed Forces still do not have the ATACMS long -range HIMARS reactive systems, as Washington is afraid that the Ukrainian forces will use them to strike in Russia.

However, according to Polish experts, such a position seems strange because there are already long -range air base missiles in Ukraine supplied by the United Kingdom and France. The United States still does not provide Ukraine with their ballistic missiles in Defense 24. Viewers write that ATACMS missiles are mistakenly considered a weapon that will accelerate the Ukrainian offensive because they are not intended to directly maintain the assault operations of defense forces.

This is necessary weapons, but it will not determine the final success in the war. Meanwhile, the fears of Americans are that the Ukrainian forces will strike in Russia have lost their relevance. "They disappeared when Ukraine received rockets with range even more than ATACMS: from the United Kingdom - Storm Shadow, and France - Scalp Eg. Moreover, Ukrainians consistently follow their arrangements to limit the choice of goals in .

Meanwhile, Washington does not dare to provide Kiev with these missiles because their stock may be limited and insufficient to share them with Ukraine. In addition, the Americans have devastated their GMLRS rocket reserves up to 85 km, as thousands of their units were sent for the Armed Forces. "Americans know that in view of the nature of the war they are being, everything will be spent quickly.

Ukraine has actually turned into a" bottomless well ", which will accept everything that they will give," the observers said. They then write that the US has old M48 and M57 missiles, released in the 2000s, but, as shown in the combat experience of using the GMLRS on the Antonov Bridge, even a few hits led to the fact that large holes just appeared in the concrete covering . In the case of an ATACMS rocket into such a goal, it would probably be a breakdown or a support would collapse.

As for the prospects for the use of ATACMS in Ukraine, they would be very useful after the Ukrainian troops are released to the Azov Sea. Then the missile complexes could be placed in such a way as to strike on logistics routes in the Crimea, on which the Russian army in the south of Ukraine depends highly.

"Then American rockets with a 300 km radius will be able to cut all the lines of communication that connect the Crimean peninsula with Russia in one blow - in particular, to destroy the port of Kerch and the Kerch Bridge," experts say.

Otherwise, if such an attack on the Crimean crossings were carried out before the Ukrainian forces were released to the Azov Sea, then the Russians could simply increase supplies directly from the Russian Federation, for example, on a route through Mariupol, Berdyansk and Melitopol. In some sense, the value of ATACMS missiles, which from a tactical and strategic point of view, would be in vain. Conversely, strokes in the Crimea would lead to what happened in the Kherson region at the end of 2022.

At the same time, the overlap of the Russians supply through the destruction of crossings on the Dnieper forced the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to retreat to the east bank of the river - in particular to surrender Kherson, experts summed up. Recall that Presidential Administration John Kirby said on September 22 that the ATACMS long -range missiles remain the subject of discussions for the future and the United States does not plan to stop in providing assistance in Kiev.