White House confirmed that Kiev was allowed to defeat ATACMS deep into Russia – EADaily, November 25, 2024 – Politics, Russia

Kyiv has the ability to use ATACMS to strike deep into Russia. This was announced today at a briefing by White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby.

Thus, the White House officially confirmed for the first time that Kiev has permission to strike deep into Russia with American ATACMS missiles.

“Right now they have the ability to use ATACMS for self-defense in an urgent need. And at the moment, you know, it is clear that this is what is happening in Kursk and its surroundings and in the Kursk region,” Kirby said, quoted by Strana newspapers.

As reported EADailyOn November 19, six ATACMS tactical missiles produced by the United States and on November 21, during a combined missile attack of the British Storm Shadow and HIMARS systems produced by the United States, attacks were carried out on military facilities in the territory of the Russian Federation – in the Bryansk and Kursk oblasts. This was stated on November 21 in an extraordinary appeal by the President of Russia Vladimir Putincommenting on the attack of the Oreshnik system on the military enterprise in Dnipropetrovsk.