The arrival of long-range ATACMS is expected – what it means for the Kerch bridge and what for the Russian army

Missiles, which Ukraine has been begging for for two years, are expected to arrive. They are most often mentioned in connection with the Kerch Bridge.
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The information in this text is a summary of events for Tuesday, April 23. Meanwhile, the situation in some places may be different.

Missiles, which Ukraine has been begging for for two years, are expected to arrive. They are most often mentioned in connection with the Kerch Bridge. The 60 billion US aid package for Ukraine was finally approved by the Senate. President Biden also signed it on Wednesday. It is widely believed that much of the aid is already in Europe and will arrive on the battlefield this week. At the same time, there is talk of the delivery of ATAMCS missiles with a range of 300 kilometers. The pieces delivered so far were supposed to travel only 160 kilometers. Propagandist Olga Skabayeva described how big a difference it makes on Russian television.

A shorter-range version only recently destroyed an S-400 battery at Dzhankoy airfield in Crimea. It has been repeatedly shown that Russian air defenses are very vulnerable to such attacks (even in today’s videos of the day there is one recent example). Moreover, this time there is no talk of a restriction in the form of a ban on attacks on Russian territory. On Russian television, they named Belgorod, Kursk, Bryansk, Voronezh, Oriol…

Nothing is known about possible restrictions from the American side, but even if the Ukrainians could use the new ATACMS only in the occupied territory, new and big problems begin for the Russians. There are three basic versions of the ATACMS with a range of 300 kilometers, each capable of something different.

The first is the M39A1. Last