US consent to ATACMS missile attacks. Gen. Skrzypczak commented: Retaliation against Russia

President of the USA Joe Biden allowed Ukraine to use the systems ATACMS to strike deep into Russian territory. According to information provided by Reuters on Sunday evening, Ukraine is to carry out its first long-range attacks in the coming days using ATACMS missiles with a range of approximately 300 km.

– The decision to use ATACMS missiles will not change the course of the war, it will not reverse the course of the war, but it will allow Ukrainians to take revenge on Russia for mercilessly bombarding their territory with all possible systems. Every minute of delay in this decision generated serious losses on the Ukrainian side and now this will change – the former commander of the Land Forces told PAP Gen. Waldemar Skrzypczak. He emphasized that Ukraine has the right against retaliatory actions and it has been long awaited.

– The use of ATMCMS missiles will certainly hit them hard Russian critical infrastructurewhich has so far been beyond the reach of Ukrainian missile systems. The Ukrainians probably already have a list of targets of strategic importance for the Russians prepared, the general explained.

Gen. Skrzypczak he emphasized that this decision would not change the course of the war, but it would defeat Putin's propaganda. – ATACMS will not change the course of the war, because currently the Russians are conducting offensive operations in the eastern direction – Skrzypczak pointed out. – This is a political decision and a signal sent by the Americans to Putin they do not give up support for Ukraineeven though he won the US elections Donald Trump – added the general.

He recalled that some countries also have ATMCMS systems Europe belonging to NATO. – This may also be a political incentive for them to provide similar support Ukraine – he explained.

– Deep blows will show a significant part of Russian society that Russia is at war and it's closer than they thought it was they are not unpunished and are within the range of ATACMS. They were fed with Putin's propaganda for a long time, and now they are rockets will defeat propaganda. This is a good, although long-awaited decision, said General Skrzypczak.

Until the president decides United States he also commented former Polish ambassador to the USA Marek Magierowski in the program “Guest of Events” Polsat News. – A very good decision that many politicians and experts pressed for – he said, while admitting that although the decision was long-awaited, it would not immediately change the course of the war.

– This war, lasting 2.5 years, has greatly strained not only the combat capabilities of Ukraine and Ukrainian society, but Ukraine is simply losing people. It will soon turn out that the Ukrainians may receive additional weapons systems, long-range missiles, which they will actually be able to use in attacks on Russian territory, but there will be no one to press the button. (…) Unfortunately, this is a very serious problem – he noted.

For a change of rhetoric Joe Biden's was to be influenced by Russia's deployment of North Korean ground troops on the front, Reuters estimated.

In May, the US president agreed to use American weapons to strike in border regions on the Russian side of the border, but this did not include the use of ATACMS and other longer-range missiles. They have been seeking such a change for a long time representatives of Kievbut the administration has so far refrained from making the decision.

Boss Pentagon Lloyd Austin he argued that lifting the restrictions would not change much, because Ukraine has its own weapons with a similar and longer range, and the Russians have moved some of their resources – e.g. bombers used to fire at Ukraine – deep into the country, beyond the range ATACMS. Biden was concerned that this could lead to an even greater escalation of the conflict, because The Kremlin he has repeatedly warned that he would consider such a move a significant escalation.