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Spartz: President Biden Needs to Provide Longer-Range Capabilities to Ukraine to Deter Further Russian Aggression

January 18, 2023

Washington, D.C. – Today, ahead of the Ramstein Format Meeting on January 20, 2023 hosted by Secretary Austin, Rep. Victoria Spartz issued the statement below urging the Biden Administration to provide a longer-range Guided Multiple Rocket Launch System (GMLRS) or Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) munitions to Ukraine.

Representative Spartz said: “The next six months will be critical to the brutal war in Ukraine and longer-range capabilities will be crucial for its success. The Biden Administration needs to be proactive for a change and provide proper security assistance to the Ukrainian Army more timely to deter further Russian aggression. The notion that somehow an 80 km capability cannot reach Russia but a 300km capability can does not make any sense if you just look at a map – Ukraine and Russia share over a thousand miles of border. What these capabilities would do is to help the Ukrainian military to better defend its cities in Eastern Ukraine where the Russian army has pulled back its artillery to a “safe” distance on the occupied Ukrainian territories.”  

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