Vershbow called on the West to hand over ATACMS missiles to Ukraine — tsn.ua
Also, Western countries should help Ukraine in taking the initiative at the front
If Ukraine receives long-range missiles from its Western partners, it will significantly prevent Russian aggressors from attacking Ukrainian critical infrastructure.
This was announced by the former representative of the NATO Secretary General, the US ambassador to Russia, Alexander Vershbow, during the symposium “Ukraine in Washington and beyond”. Ukrinform.
However, Western countries should consider their decisions regarding the supply of this or that weapon to Ukraine, which sounded with the possibility of the Russians using the territories surrounding the front, including the occupied Crimean peninsula, to strike the critical infrastructure of Ukraine, without fearing a retaliatory strike.
Vershbow then said that first of all it takes the ATACMS missile, which can hit Russian firing positions that are shelling Ukraine’s critical infrastructure.
Vershbow also stated that the Western countries should help Ukraine in implementing the initiative at the front, and constantly maintain pressure on Russia so that its military does not get time to rest and rearm.
“Maintaining military pressure on Russia with victory as a clear goal cannot be something vague. The goal should be the victory of Ukraine,” he said.
He added that the US and its allies are now considering new sanctions against Russia for its terrorist attacks on the civilian infrastructure of Ukraine.
earlier, earlier increased that US agree with the countries of the Middle East on the transfer of the NASAMS system to Ukraine.
In addition, we previously reported that NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced that in the alliance discussions are ongoing regarding the possible transfer of the Patriot air defense system to Ukraine.
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