Kuleba says US won't give ATACMS missiles for ‘objective reasons’, despite Ukraine's needs
The United States has not transferred long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine for "objective reasons", although Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry is working with Washington on this issue, foreign minister Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with Radio Liberty on July 12.
"I know some reasons why the United States has not yet made this decision," Kuleba said.
“They are quite objective. We are working with them. But the United States is making decisions on providing us with some other types of weapons. These are very difficult decisions.”
Kuleba also said he does not have the impression that the United States is deliberately procrastinating on the decision to provide Ukraine with long-range missiles.
“There are certain problems, there are certain aspects that need to be resolved in order to provide them. But the United States is really doing a lot for us. We are very grateful to them for that. That's why we have no reason to criticize them for it,” Kuleba said.
U.S. President Joe Biden said on May 30 that the issue of providing Ukraine with U.S. ATACMS missiles was "still in play." A month later, however, the Pentagon did not confirm its readiness to hand the missiles over to Kyiv.
Earlier, the U.S. Department of Defense said that the provision of UK Storm Shadow to Ukraine did not affect Washington's position on long-range missiles.
At the same time, U.S. congressmen continue to urge Biden to provide Kyiv with longer-range weapons, and a U.S. House committee has supported a relevant resolution.
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