US can send hundreds of ATACMS missiles to Ukraine – military expert

Valerii Riabykh, Development Director of the Defense Express information and consulting company, said this on Espreso TV. 

"No one is ruling out a delivery. Biden has made a statement hinting at the possibility of providing such weapons. Currently, the Pentagon’s stockpile of existing missiles is significant. Even if we assume the possibility of supplying a few to ten percent, the number can reach the hundreds," the military expert believes.

What is known about sending ATACMS to Ukraine

On April 19, the United States announced another USD 325 million military aid package to Ukraine, which included HIMARS and artillery shells.

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.

On June 10, members of both parties in the US House of Representatives introduced a resolution calling on Joe Biden to send ATACMS to Ukraine.

On June 21, the House Foreign Affairs Committee supported a resolution to Biden calling for the immediate delivery of ATACMS to Ukraine.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the United States is close to making a decision to provide Ukraine with long-range tactical missile systems ATACMS.

At the NATO summit, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy commented on the issue of supplying Ukraine with ATACMS.