Congressmen introduce resolution calling on Biden to transfer ATACMS to Ukraine

The resolution is posted on the official website of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

A resolution calling on US President Joe Biden to provide Ukraine with longer-range ATACMS missile systems to ensure its victory was introduced by members of both parties. The resolution also calls on US allies and partners to provide Ukraine with long-range missile systems.

“The House of Representatives calls on the United States to immediately provide Army Tactical Missile Systems to Ukraine in sufficient quantity to hasten Ukraine’s victory against Russia’s unprovoked war of aggression while still maintaining United States military readiness,” the document says. 

The initiators of the resolution also express concern that the delay in providing such critical weapons prolongs the war.

The expeditious provision of this critical weapon system will provide the Ukrainian military with a critical deep-strike capability they currently lack, disrupt Russia’s warfighting ability, and could hasten Ukraine’s victory,” the resolution says. 

• At the end of May, representatives of the US Congress called on Biden to send the missiles to Ukraine. In a letter addressed to the US president, the leaders of the bipartisan Helsinki Commission called on the White House to authorize the delivery of the US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to Ukraine.