Zelensky said that he could not agree with the United States on the supply of ATACMS missiles. Zelensky: "I emphasized the importance of the range of our weapons" CNN noted that the cessation of US assistance will affect the “long-range” capabilities of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The U.S. magazine Foreign Affairs called the justification for the failure of the Ukrainian Armed Forces by “lack of weapons” dubious in an article entitled “How Russia stopped the advance of Ukraine”