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  • Ukraine prepared to use British missiles to strike Crimea

    02/10/2023 6:16:41 PM PST · by Golden Eagle · 98 replies
    The Times ^ | February 10, 2023 | Unattributed
    Ukraine is prepared to use British long-range missiles to hit Crimea, the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014, in a potential major escalation of western involvement in the war. Rishi Sunak promised to send Ukraine more military aid following a visit by President Zelensky to Britain this week. Discussions are now taking place over whether this should include Harpoon anti-ship missiles or air-to-surface Storm Shadows. Ukrainian defence sources confirmed to The Times that Kyiv would be prepared to use the missiles to strike Crimea following a warning from Zelensky that longer-range weapons from western allies would strike “deep in the...
  • US military personnel at a European base provide GPS-targeting for Ukrainian rocket systems

    02/09/2023 10:09:00 PM PST · by McGruff · 88 replies
    The Washington Post ^ | February 9, 2023 | Isabelle Khurshudyan , Dan Lamothe , Shane Harris and Paul Sonne
    KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian officials said they require coordinates provided or confirmed by the United States and its allies for the vast majority of strikes using its advanced U.S.-provided rocket systems, a previously undisclosed practice that reveals a deeper and more operationally active role for the Pentagon in the war. The disclosure, confirmed by three senior Ukrainian officials and a senior U.S. official, comes after months of Kyiv’s forces pounding Russian targets — including headquarters, ammunition depots and barracks — on Ukrainian soil with the U.S.-provided High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, and other similar precision-guided weapons such as...