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**Reading beyond the headline**

**[Pentagon Has Quietly Blocked Ukraine’s Long-Range Missile Strikes on Russia](https://archive.ph/fG8Pb)**

**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”](https://archive.ph/o/rclaR/https://www.wsj.com/world/trump-truth-social-ukraine-russia-a545b8a3) 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 t**his 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**](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/08/02/us-nato-develop-funding-mechanism-purl-for-ukraine-weapons-transfers/)

**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.**

> [Lavrov ; Russia wants to join China, the US, Britain and France in providing Ukraine security guarantees](https://pennyforyourthoughts2.ca/2025/08/25/lavrov-russia-wants-to-join-china-the-us-britain-and-france-in-providing-ukraine-security-guarantees/)