US wants Ukraine to target Crimea with ATACMS instead of Russia's Kursk region
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The United States still does not want to allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons provided by the US in the Kursk region, according to CNN.
According to several officials, the reason is not the risk of escalation. The situation is that the US has a limited supply of long-range ATACMS missiles to supply to Ukraine.
In this regard, Washington believes that it is better to use them to continue attacks on Crimea, which was occupied by the Russian Federation.
Breakthrough in the Kursk region
According to John Kirby, Strategic Communications Coordinator of the US National Security Council, the Russians have redeployed some of their units fighting in Ukraine to the Kursk region. However, he did not specify the number of these units.
"We have seen some Russian units being redirected from operations in and around Ukraine to the Kursk area. I can't say with certainty how many or how many more may go or what their intentions would be," Kirby said.
According to the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyi, Ukrainian forces have taken control of 82 settlements in the Kursk region.
The Independent reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine have captured around 2,000 Russian soldiers in the Kursk region.
