{"id":30999,"date":"2023-10-17T20:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/business\/ukraine-strikes-russian-forces-with-us-made-atacms-for-first-time\/"},"modified":"2023-10-17T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T20:48:24","slug":"ukraine-strikes-russian-forces-with-us-made-atacms-for-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prosfunds.com\/?p=30999","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine strikes Russian forces with US-made ATACMS for first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Stay informed with free updates<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__content-sign-up-topic-description\"><span>Simply sign up to the <!-- -->War in Ukraine<!-- --> myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"article__content-sign-up-iframe close\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"signUpIframe\" data-prev-url=\"\/register\/in-article-sign-up?ft-content-uuid=ea2a4335-fa77-4ecb-8646-e1525ed09a0c&amp;concept-id=8b9c78a1-2a6d-4e2f-9293-49f399f4f6ce\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p>Ukraine has used long-range US ATACMS missiles that were secretly shipped to Kyiv to strike nine Russian military helicopters and airfields deep inside occupied territory, marking what Kremlin bloggers said was one of the most devastating bombardments of the war so far.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur agreements with President [Joe] Biden are being implemented. And very accurately. ATACMS have proven themselves,\u201d said President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, confirming the first use of the US-supplied weapon system against occupied regions of Ukraine earlier on Tuesday. <\/p>\n<p>A US official familiar with the situation confirmed Ukraine\u2019s use of the ATACMS, which stands for army tactical missile system.<\/p>\n<p>At least four missile strikes successfully targeted Russian military personnel, weapons and equipment, destroying nine helicopters, an air defence missile system, military vehicles, ammunition depots and airstrips near the southern city of Berdyansk and Luhansk in the east, according to the Ukrainian army\u2019s general staff.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s strategic communications centre said the missiles, manufactured by Lockheed Martin, had \u201cmade well-aimed strikes on enemy airfields and helicopters near the temporarily occupied [cities of] Luhansk and Berdyansk\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Videos circulating on Telegram appeared to show flames rising from the helicopters in the Berdyansk airfield and photographs purported to show debris from the ATACMS, including cluster bomblets. The Financial Times could not independently verify the footage and images. <\/p>\n<p>Russian military bloggers confirmed the attack, with some calling it one of the most damaging hits on their forces since Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the most serious blows\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009if not the most serious\u201d of the war, wrote a Russian military blogger known as Fighter Bomber. \u201cThere are losses in both people and technology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Berdyansk airfield, located on the shore of the Sea of Azov west of the devastated city of Mariupol, has been occupied by Russian forces since the first days of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. Dozens of Russian attack helicopters, seen in satellite imagery, have been stationed at the airfield and used to target Ukrainian ground forces fighting in the country\u2019s counteroffensive along the southern front line.<\/p>\n<p>The FT reported last month that the decision to provide ATACMS to Ukraine was made before Zelenskyy visited the US last month, but the Biden administration chose not to announce it publicly to avoid tipping off Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The US had long resisted Ukraine requests for the ATACMS, including the variant with a unitary warhead, over fears that supplying Kyiv with the long-range weapons could cause Russia to escalate the war, and because the Pentagon worried it did not have sufficient stocks of the weapons for its own future needs.<\/p>\n<p>But Washington decided to secretly send a small number of ATACMS with cluster munitions to Ukraine. With a range of up to 300km or 190 miles, the ATACMS provides Kyiv the ability to strike Russian forces far beyond the front line, putting within range crucial military targets. <\/p>\n<p>Kyiv now hopes to use them to boost its struggling counteroffensive before winter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA new chapter of this war has (un)officially begun,\u201d Mykhailo Podolyak, a top adviser to Zelenskyy, said on Tuesday. \u201cThere are no more safe places for Russian troops within the\u2009.\u2009.\u2009.\u2009internationally recognised borders of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Additional reporting by Felicia Schwartz in Washington<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Read the full article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ft.com\/content\/ea2a4335-fa77-4ecb-8646-e1525ed09a0c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest &#8212; delivered directly to your inbox. Ukraine has used long-range US ATACMS missiles that were secretly shipped to Kyiv to strike nine Russian military helicopters and airfields deep inside occupied territory, marking what Kremlin bloggers said was one of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30999","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-business"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Ukraine strikes Russian forces with US-made ATACMS for first time | Prosfunds<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Ukraine has used long-range US ATACMS\" 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