Russia will need to push Ukrainian forces further back and expand what it regards as a "buffer zone" if Kiev takes delivery of advanced longer-range ATACM guided missile systems from the United States,

The Kremlin said on Thursday that deliveries of U.S. long-range Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine would not change the outcome of the war but would create more problems for Ukraine itself.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Europe must continue to step up its support for Kyiv even after the approval of the US Senate’s aid package

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned Kremlin will intensify attacks on Western weapons stored in Ukraine. “We will increase the intensity of attacks on logistics centers and storage bases for Western weapons,

The Kremlin announced today that Russia will have to push the Ukrainian forces even further and expand the buffer zone if Kiev receives long-range ATACMS guided missile systems from the United States.