“I will not speculate about systems that have not been sent or have not yet received approval for shipment,” TASS cites his answer to the question of whether work is underway to transfer American anti-ship missiles to Ukraine.

Kirby added that he will be able to release the data when the US authorities "make those decisions."

Earlier, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, as part of a telephone conversation with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, spoke about the supply of anti-ship missiles and drones to Kyiv.