Reading beyond the headline
Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine’s Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia
Has quietly blocked, previously but what about in the future?
In a social-media post Thursday, Trump said Ukraine couldn’t defeat Russia unless it could “play offense” in the war, which has lasted longer than three years following Moscow’s invasion.
“It is very hard, if not impossible, to win a war without attacking” the invading country, he wrote. “There is no chance of winning!”
While the U.S. hasn’t announced any plans to provide more of the missiles, other types of weapons that European governments are buying from the U.S. could help Ukraine within its own borders. They include air-defense systems and the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System, which has a 90-mile range.
The administration this past week approved the sale of 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition air-launched missiles, or ERAMs, which are set to arrive in Ukraine in about six weeks, two U.S. officials said. The $850 million arms package, mostly funded by European nations and which includes other items, was delayed until after Trump’s summits with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Several U.S. officials said use of the ERAM, with a range between 150-280 miles, would require Ukraine to seek approval from the Pentagon. The State Department didn’t respond to a request for comment.
This seems to me this is connected to the PURL mechanism
Does it make sense that the NATO allies set up this mechanism to purchase US supplied weapons so they won’t be used?
Particularly when we see there is no real movement on sensible realistic security agreements- Russia, like Ukraine, also needs security guarantees.