It comes after Ukraine for the first time began using long-range ballistic missiles provided secretly by the US, bombing a Russian military airfield in Crimea last week and Russian forces in another occupied area overnight, American officials said Wednesday.
Long sought by Ukrainian leaders, the new missiles give Ukraine nearly double the striking distance – up to 300 kilometres (190 miles) – that it had with the mid-range version of the weapon that it received from the US last October.
One of the officials said the US is providing more of these missiles in its new aid package.
Biden approved the delivery of the long-range Army Tactical Missile System, known as ATACMS, in early March, and the US included a “significant” number of them in a $300 million aid package announced at the time, one official said.
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