The Ukrainian military said on Monday it had attacked military sites on Russian territory with US-supplied ATACMS missiles, calling the move a "significant development", Reuters reported, BTA reported.
Ukraine has for the first time openly said it is using advanced ballistic missile systems provided by the United States against targets on Russian territory, even though restrictions on launching such attacks were lifted a year ago at the end of President Joe Biden's administration.
"The use of long-range strike assets, including systems such as ATACMS, will continue," the statement published today by the General Staff of the Ukrainian army said.
Kiev received ATACMS missiles in 2023, with the US initially restricting their use to Ukrainian territory, about a fifth of which is occupied by Russia. Biden, who was still in the White House at the time, lifted those restrictions in November 2024. The move was initially criticized by his successor, Donald Trump.
Ukraine has also demanded that the US provide it with Tomahawk missiles, which have a range of about 2,500 km. Kiev says the missiles would help bring Russia to the negotiating table. Although Trump initially considered selling Tomahawk missiles to Kiev, he said this month that he was "not seriously considering" such a move.