Biden pledges delivery of ATACMS to Zelensky

The White House also announced a new US$325 million military aid package for Ukraine.

WASHINGTON: US president Joe Biden has informed Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky that Washington will provide Kyiv with Army Tactical Missile Systems , NBC News reported on Friday, citing three US officials and a congressional official.

But the White House did not disclose any decision on ATACMS when Zelensky visited Washington on Thursday for talks with Biden, even as it announced a new US$325 million military aid package for Kyiv. In Ottawa, Zelensky did not answer directly when asked about the NBC report but noted that the US was the biggest single supplier of weaponry to Ukraine.

ATACMS are designed for “deep attack of enemy second-echelon forces,” a US Army website says and could be used to attack command and control centres, air defences, and logistics sites well behind the frontline.

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