ATACMS shelling will likely prove to be impossible task for Russian army – advisor to Ukraine Army chief

Dan Rice, a U.S. combat veteran and Special Advisor to Valer Zaluzhnyi, Commander-in-Chief of Ukraine's Armed Forces, said this in an interview with Ukrinform.

In his inion, Russia is having more and more difficulties conducting war in Ukraine, which has done an excellent job of attacking command and contr, supply depots and concentrated tro formations.

Rice added that the logistics system of the Russian army requires centralized depots, due to the "palletized" manner of logistics, which makes warehouses better targets for HIMARS or M777 precision guided strikes.

"If, and hefully when, Ukraine gets the ATACMS munitions, there will be nowhere within Ukraine for Russia to hide neither their command-and-contr systems nor supply depots," Zaluzhnyi's advisor said.

Rice also noted that ATACMS are fired from the standard HIMARS M142 platform, or the M270 MLRS platform and have a range of 300 km.

"It would be agreed between NATO and Ukraine that no ATACMS could be fired outside of Ukraine territory. Maintaining an army that does not contr the skies, and will be under fire at any location that they occupy in Ukraine, will likely prove to be an impossible task for the Russian army," he said.