According to the Wall Street Journal in the United States, the Pentagon has been preventing the Ukrainian military from using ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory since this spring. The U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, Elbridge Colby, has established a secret approval process for each such launch. At the same time, Ukraine has repeatedly tried to obtain U.S. permission to use ATACMS missiles to attack Russian territory, but these requests have been rejected. In addition, the Pentagon also regulates the use of the British "Storm Shadow" cruise missiles by the Ukrainian military, as these missiles have relatively high accuracy due to U.S. navigation satellites. Even the use of certain air-to-air missiles by the Ukrainian military is subject to U.S. control.
The Wall Street Journal also reported that the United States is strengthening control over the shells delivered to Ukraine. According to orders from the U.S. military leadership, all ammunition and weapons under the Pentagon's control are divided into several categories: "green" refers to surplus weapons that are allowed to be sent to Ukraine; "yellow" and "red" refer to weapons with limited inventory that may be blocked by U.S. Defense Secretary Hegseth from being supplied to the Ukrainian military.
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