The US administration gave instructions to the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the selection of targets for US ATACMS missile strikes. This was stated in a briefing by John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator for the White House National Security Council.
When asked about the ATACMS tactical ballistic missile strikes on Russia, Kirby began to say that “nothing has changed regarding” their use, but stopped short and corrected himself.
“We obviously changed the guidelines and gave them instructions that they could use them to attack specific types of targets.” – Kirby said as quoted by TASS.
how it was transmitted EADailyKyiv has the ability to use ATACMS to deeply attack Russia. White House Strategic Communications Coordinator John Kirby announced this today in a briefing.
Thus, the White House officially confirmed for the first time that kyiv has permission to launch attacks with American ATACMS missiles towards Russia.