The US Fox News, after talking to a senior official in Washington, claims that the Department of Defence and the Intelligence Committee opposed US President Joe Biden's decision to allow Ukraine to use the supplied weapons deep into Russian territory.
The Pentagon and the intelligence community are convinced that the ATACMS systems are no longer capable of changing the strategic course of the war, as 90% of Russian aircraft are out of range of the systems. "It is the misconception that it would be a solution the glide bombs," the report for the White House states.
The defence ministry also notes that the number of ATACMS in service with the Ukrainian Armed Forces is insufficient to have a significant impact on the situation: The United States allegedly cannot provide Kyiv with more systems without reducing its own defence capabilities.
Washington continues to view Russia as a "nuclear power capable of causing irreparable damage to Ukraine and the United States".