The former commander of the US Army in Europe, General Ben Hodges, commented on the collective appeal of famous Americans to President Joe Biden, where he was urged to provide Ukraine with all the necessary weapons, including ATACMS for HIMARS MLRS, which hit at a distance of 300 kilometers. According to him, it is important that the Armed Forces of Ukraine finally go on a counteroffensive, and for this they must first destroy Russia's logistics. Hodges spoke about this during the broadcast on the ICTV channel..

" Therefore, Ukraine needs the ability to hit these targets before they can kill more innocent civilians.. Therefore, it is so important to create conditions so that Ukraine can eventually launch a counteroffensive, and for this it is necessary to destroy Russian logistics so that they cannot react.. The priority that I hear from my Ukrainian friends is the long-range high-precision systems that we are talking about.. This is what we can provide in large quantities, not in small quantities, but in large quantities,"

He believes that the US presidential administration is making a mistake when it argues that the failure to provide Ukraine with the necessary missiles is an attempt to avoid a new escalation in the war with the Russian Federation..

" 'Cause there's nothing more Russia can do. She can continue shooting, artillery fire and destroy innocent Ukrainians.. She can't start a new offensive. Her next step is the use of nuclear weapons.. But I don't think it's possible because it would give Russia a zero advantage.. I believe President Putin is evil, but I don't believe he is suicidal evil,"

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On August 17, about 20 reputable American national security experts, military, diplomats and former officials wrote an open letter to US President Joe Biden, in which they called for an immediate increase in military assistance to Ukraine. They note that our war against Russia has reached its climax and it is in the interests of the United States to support Kyiv.