Missiles secretly delivered this month have been used to strike Russian targets in Crimea, US media say.

Ukraine has begun using longer-range ballistic missiles against Russia that were secretly provided by the US, American officials have confirmed.

The weapons were sent as part of a previous US support package, and arrived this month. Officials said they were not announced publicly to maintain Ukraine’s “operational security”.

They have already been used at least once to strike Russian targets in occupied Crimea.

Further US aid is now heading to Kyiv.

More American weaponry is expected to be sent imminently, after President Joe Biden signed off on Wednesday a new package of economic and military support for Ukraine worth $61bn (£49bn).

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldEnglish
    817·
    9 months ago

    Slava Ukraini!

    I hate that the U.S. had to give Israel a bunch of money too, but at least Ukraine is going to have a chance!

  • Gigan@lemmy.worldEnglish
    45·
    9 months ago

    Cool. I hope they can beat back Russia and retake Crimea, but it’s not going to be easy.

  • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    211·
    9 months ago

    All the shit we built to beat up Ivan is finally getting used, ya love to see it. Can’t wait till the F-16s show up and they can start lobbing NATO munitions from the air

    Slava Ukraini

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      143·
      9 months ago

      ya love to see it

      I mean, its a nightmare of death and destruction not scene since Vietnam. But other than that, yeah, very cool.

      • FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        19·
        9 months ago

        Oh it’s decidedly not cool, but they didn’t choose to be invaded. It’s good that we can give them a set of tools built expressly for this purpose and give them a chance against a much larger foe.

        For the first time since the 1940s we are unironically delivering freedom and I think that actually is cool. Shit situation and the Israel bill is a horrible albatross but I’m happy for the UA grunts in the mud. Slava Ukraini

        • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
          27·
          9 months ago

          Oh it’s decidedly not cool, but they didn’t choose to be invaded.

          I did not see this kind of enthusiasm for arms imports when Iran was shipping mines and other explosives into Iraq to help the insurgency force out US armed forces.

  • Rapidcreek@lemmy.worldEnglish
    122·
    9 months ago

    The missiles were used for the first time by the Ukrainians on April 17, during an attack on the Russian Dzahnkoi Air Base in the Crimea. The next day they used them on a Russian mustering point in the Crimea.

  • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
    4·
    9 months ago

    Sad that Olaf Sholz continues to deny Storm Shadow Taurus missiles to Ukraine. They need all the long range strike capability they can get.

    • havocpants@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Aren’t Storm Shadows the British missiles? And we already gave them to Ukraine ages ago. I think the German ones are called Taurus?

      • Gork@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        Oh you’re right. Thanks, fixed. Got my long range missiles confused.