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Guided artillery rockets from U.S. stocks are likely on their way to Ukraine, where they should extend the reach of Ukrainian forces but fall short of enabling strikes deep within Russian territory, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

The decision to send Guided Multiple Launch Rocket Systems (GMLRS) into the fight with Russia, but not longer-range weapons like the Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), aligns with President Joe Biden’s pledge not to send weapons Ukraine could use to hold targets at risk hundreds of kilometers inside Russia. Still, the GMLRS systems should boost Ukrainian firepower in the ongoing fight for the Donbas, where long-range massed artillery has been a decisive factor…

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