US to send long-range rocket systems to Ukraine -

[yaesu]

The US is preparing to send advanced, long-range rocket systems to Ukraine after an urgent request from Ukrainian officials, multiple officials reportedly told CNN.

The Biden administration is leaning toward sending the systems as part of a larger package of military and security assistance to Ukraine, which could be announced as soon as next week, the outlet reported.

Senior Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba, have pleaded in recent weeks for the US and its allies to provide the Multiple Launch Rocket System, or MLRS.

The US-made weapon systems can fire a barrage of rockets hundreds of kilometres — much farther than any of the systems Ukraine already has — which the Ukrainians argue could be a game-changer in their war against

[WheelWalker]

1. Link?

[Wednesdays]

2. Targeting Russian cities

or more likely, Russian ships in the Black Sea.

[bluedigger]

3. Supply depots, command centers, denial of territory such as river crossings, counterbattery fire.

All much better uses for the MLRS.

[PortTack]

4. Stop leaning and send them now! The Ukrainians are getting pounded

Heavy casualties and loosing ground everyday