Pentagon restricts Ukraine's use of US missiles against Russia: report
Source: The Age Au.
Washington: The Pentagon has been quietly blocking Ukraine from using US-made long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike targets inside Russia, limiting Kyivs ability to employ these weapons in its defence against Moscows invasion, the Wall Street Journal reports, citing US officials.
Reuters could not immediately verify the report.
The news came as US President Donald Trump has grown more frustrated publicly over the three-year-old war and his inability to secure a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine, and after he slammed Biden-era policies that prevented Ukraine from launching full-scale attacks on Russia.
After his summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin and a subsequent meeting with European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky failed to produce observable progress, Trump said on Friday (Saturday AEST) that he was again considering slapping Russia with economic sanctions or, alternatively, walking away from the peace process.
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MrWowWow
(864 posts)Last edited Sun Aug 24, 2025, 07:32 AM - Edit history (1)
Devise its own or second source from a NATO country...other than the U.S.
But probably for a different reason. I don't think we should be arming countries generally. It is a sick, twisted cycle that props up the MIC, corrupts peaceful foreign policy and drags us into needless wars.
wolfie001
(5,941 posts)That's great thinking when you have a competent POTUS. We don't. We have a compromised POTUS. And Putin is relying on the West to be reasonable while he bombs maternity wards.
hueymahl
(2,832 posts)Never too early to stop escalation.
sl8
(16,728 posts)They've developed their own version of HIMARS. Also, they just announced that they're now producing the Flamingo cruise missile, which has a greater range and payload than the US Tomahawk.
https://www.defensemagazine.com/article/vilkha-mlrs-ukraines-locally-produced-himars-based-on-the-soviet-smerch
Vilkha MLRS Ukraines locally produced HIMARS based on the Soviet Smerch
24. 06. 2025
electric_blue68
(23,446 posts)wolfie001
(5,941 posts)All because of The Heritage Foundation and 6 christo-fascist f$cks on the SC. My oh my, have things gone downhill.
republianmushroom
(21,121 posts)Let them leave this country and go live in Russia.
FredGarvin
(687 posts)The Biden admin instituted that policy years ago