Ukrainian soldier in Brovary, Kyiv region. File photoWASHINGTON, May 19.Kyiv has been asking the United States for several months to supply M270 precision multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS), but Washington is in no hurry to agree, fearing a prolongation and escalation of the Ukrainian conflict, the Politico newspaper writes, citing sources familiar with the situation. According to the publication, recently representatives of Kyiv «There is increasing frustration that the Joe Biden administration is resisting the transfer of long-range missile systems» of production. «These weapons, from Ukraine's point of view, are crucial in the context of the fighting in the Donbass, the newspaper notes.» Officials from the Ukrainian government for three months asking the United States to supply MLRS,” the sources say. At the same time, they note the fears from the White House that these systems can be used to launch strikes on Russian territory, which will provoke “expansion and prolongation of the conflict with Ukraine.” Another the source said that the supply of such weapons is at the stage «active discussion». However, he points out that there is no time frame yet for a possible agreement on this issue.Yesterday, 08:00 american generosity. How Ukraine will pay for US military assistance As follows from the newspaper, in recent months, the United States, through its Eastern European allies, secretly transferred to Ukraine several units of Soviet-style MLRS. However, Kyiv insists on the supply of more accurate and powerful American systems, seeking to «stop Russia's advance in the Donbas.» Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine on February 24. President Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to abuse and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» To this end, according to him, it is planned to carry out «demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine» bloody crimes against civilians» of Donbass. According to the Russian Ministry of Defense, the Armed Forces strike only at military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops and, on March 25, they completed the main tasks of the first stage — they significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
