Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine’s Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia
https://x.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1959436579266548188
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/pentagon-has-quietly-blocked-ukraines-long-range-missile-strikes-on-russia-432a12e1

Elbridge Colby developed the “review mechanism” to decide on Kyiv’s requests to fire long-range U.S.-made weapons as well as those provided to Ukraine by European allies that rely on American intelligence and components.

The Pentagon’s approval requirement has effectively reversed a decision by former President Joe Biden in his final year in office to permit Ukraine to strike inside Russia with ATACMS.

The Pentagon review procedure also applies to Ukraine’s use of the Storm Shadow as it relies on U.S. targeting data, according to two U.S. officials and a British official. The British government declined to comment.

The Biden administration provided hundreds of ATACMS to Ukraine starting in 2023. The restrictions on ATACMS attacks inside Russia initially imposed under Biden were removed in the fall of 2024 after North Korean troops entered the war with Russia.

In addition to requiring approval for missile attacks, Colby, the Pentagon’s third ranking official who has long been concerned about husbanding Pentagon resources to deter China, tightened control over additional munitions for Ukraine.

This means that when Trump said, “It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking an invaders country,” he was essentially explaining why his administration is preventing Ukraine from doing so.
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