According to them, the US authorities do not give Ukraine permission to strike at the Russian Federation ATACMS missiles since the end of spring.
It is reported that at least once Ukraine tried to apply the ATACMS for the target in the Russian Federation, but received a refusal.
As WSJ pointed out, the White House is trying to persuade the Russian Federation to begin peace negotiations with Ukraine, so the Pentagon did not approve Ukrainian blows deep into Russia.
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The media wrote the fact that the United States allowed Ukraine to beat the Kursk region of the Russian Federation in November last year. This information was later confirmed in the White House. After that, the media reported a number of Ukrainian strikes on the territory of the Russian Federation ATACMS missiles.
On March 13, 2025, the Associated Press reported with reference to sources in the US administration and the Verkhovna Rada Committee of Ukraine on National Security, Defense and Intelligence, that Ukraine’s defense forces no longer have ATACMS. According to the American official, the United States put less than 40 such missiles, and they ended back in January.
On August 18, in Washington, a meeting of Trump and European leaders took place, including President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky. They talked about security guarantees and the upcoming meeting of Zelensky with an illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin, as well as their trilateral meeting with Trump. On the same day, the US President called Putin, and later stated that he began organizing a meeting between him and Zelensky. However, the Kremlin began to put forward conditions.
