Former CIA analyst: Ukraine has only 3 US ATACMS missiles left

Ria Novosti quoted former CIA analyst Larry Johnson in an interview with American journalist Stephen Gardner saying that the Russian military handled the ATACMS tactical missiles sent by the US to Ukraine, in the same way they handled the HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (US) and Storm Shadow cruise missiles (UK).

“Remember HIMARS and Storm Shadow? The Russians have had a lot of experience with them and destroyed them. We don’t even hear about them anymore,” said Larry Johnson, an expert on the project.

According to Mr. Johnson, the same thing is happening with the ATACMS missile, which was recently transferred by the US to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Currently, the remaining quantity is very small.

“The US sent about 12 ATACMS, now there are only 3 left. The search for miracle weapons has led to the fact that the most basic elements of war have been ignored – strategy and well-trained human resources. Meanwhile, Ukraine has none of these elements” – CIA expert Johnson commented.

Earlier, according to media reports, Ukraine received at least 10 ATACMS missiles from the US.

According to Russian military expert Dmitry Kornev, Ukraine uses ATACMS to attack Russian forward bases and can also support counterattacks on the southeastern front of Ukraine.

Expert Kornev believes that ATACMS has posed a new threat to Russian air force units near the front line, so they must quickly adapt to new combat conditions.

However, Russian military experts also noted that “the so-called miracle weapon will not exist”, and ATACMS cannot change the current conflict situation in Ukraine.

Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that the US decision was wrong. According to Mr. Putin, such weapons will of course create more threats. But it cannot completely change the situation on the battlefield.

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