The ISW Briefing Room: Episode 43

Hundreds of Russian military targets are within range of Ukraine’s US-provided ATACMS missiles. However, White House policy still prohibits Kyiv from using these weapons to strike those vital targets in Russian territory. George Barros shows how lifting this misguided policy would allow Ukraine to start striking significant Russian military targets while also immediately forcing a decision point on Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Russian military command about the allocation of limited air defense and electronic warfare assets and the configuration of Russian military logistics and support systems across the theater and the deep rear.

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