Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi asked the U.S. and Europe to provide Ukraine with a new supply of longer-range missiles and to lift restrictions on using them against targets inside Russia.
Syrskyi said that if Ukraine were supplied with a large number of medium- and longer-range missiles, including U.S.-made ATACMS and German Taurus systems, the Ukrainian military would be able to slow down Russia’s weapons production by striking missile and drone manufacturing facilities on Russian territory.
“They are targeting virtually everything — airfields, populated areas, infrastructure facilities,” Syrskyi said in the interview, which was conducted on July 19. “So, of course, we need supplies of ballistic missiles in order to be able to give the enemy a fitting rebuff.”
He added that simply having missile capabilities acts as a deterrent in itself. “I hope that thanks to President Trump’s position, this process will be much easier and… we won’t have any of the difficulties we had before.”
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