The Pentagon has answered the question of whether the US plans to make additional supplies of long-range ATACMS missiles to Ukraine in the future.

Sabrina Singh, US Department of Defense Deputy Spokesperson, noted during a press briefing that she would not announce what will be included into future aid packages to Ukraine in advance.

"We're regularly consulting with the Ukrainians on what they need. But I'm just not going to preview anything that might be included in future packages," she said.

During his evening address on Tuesday, 17 October, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also confirmed that Ukrainian forces had used US ATACMS long-range missiles.

On Tuesday, 17 October, the White House officially confirmed that Ukraine had recently received long-range ATACMS missiles capable of striking at a range of 165 kilometres.

Politico said the White House made the final decision to provide ATACMS long-range missiles to Ukraine in late August. And Joe Biden informed Volodymyr Zelenskyy about this on 21 September, during a meeting in the White House.

At the same time, the United States announced a package of military assistance to Ukraine in which long-range missiles appeared as cluster munitions.