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According to Evelyn Farcas, ex-representative of the Ministry of Defense at the ...

The first ATACMS will fly to the Kursk region: the United States allowed the strikes deep into the Russian Federation - BBC

According to Evelyn Farcas, ex-representative of the Ministry of Defense at the Barack Obama administration, the indirect effect of Washington's decision may be the resolution of Ukraine from the United Kingdom and France to use Storm Shadow missiles in the Russian Federation. American officials say that President Joe Biden gave Green Light to Ukraine to use long -range missiles in the Russian Federation. Earlier, Washington refused to allow long -range strikes using ATACMS, fearing escalation.

BBC writes about it. Ukraine has been using an army tactical rocket system, better known as ATCMS, for more than a year, for Russian purposes in the occupied Ukrainian territory. But the United States did not allow them to be used in the Russian Federation. Lockheed Martin ballistic missiles are some of the most powerful ones that have ever supplied Ukraine and are able to overcome the distance of up to 300 km.

Representatives of Kiev argued that the ban on the use of such weapons on the Russian Federation is the same as fighting with your hands tied behind. The policy changed in response to the recent deployment of North Korean troops in the Kursk region. In addition, against the background of Donald Trump's return to the White House, there were concerns about future US support. Strengthening Kyiv's positions in military terms can give Ukraine levers of influence in any peace talks.

Now Ukraine will be able to strike targets in the Russian Federation and, most likely, first in the Kursk region, where more than 1000 square meters are held. km of the territory. Ukrainian and American officials expect a counter -offensive of Russian and North Korean troops in order to return the territory in the Kursk region. Ukraine can use ATACMS to protect, aimed at Russian positions: military bases, infrastructure and ammunition.

The supply of missiles is likely to be not enough to break the course of war. Russian military equipment, such as planes, has already been moved to the airfields further deep into the Russian Federation in anticipation of the possible permission of the United States for long -range blows. Such weapons can give Ukraine some advantage against the background of the offensive of Russian troops in eastern Ukraine.

"I do not think it will have a decisive impact," the Western diplomat in Kiev told reporters. "It's a delayed symbolic decision to raise rates and demonstrate military support to Ukraine. It can increase the cost of war for Russia. " Evelyn Farcas, who held the position of Deputy Assistant to the Minister of Defense in the Barack Obama administration, noted that there were also questions about how many ammunition will be raised.

"The question, of course, is how many rockets have they heard that the Pentagon warned that there were not many such missiles that they can pass to Ukraine," she said. Farcas added that ATACMS can have a "positive psychological impact" on Ukraine if used for blows for purposes such as the Crimean Bridge. The US permission will also be an indirect effect: the United Kingdom and France can grant Ukraine permission to use Storm Shadow missiles in Russia.

The capabilities of the winged rocket of Storm Shadow are similar to the American ATACMS. ATCMS MGM-140 missiles are supersonic tactical ballistic missiles that a defensive American company Ling-Temco-VOUGHT (LTV), later Lockheed Martin. Recall that the French edition of Le Figaro has changed the news of the permission of France and Britain to strike the Russian Federation.