According to the source, this decision was made after the United States began to supply Kyiv with howitzers and other heavy weapons.
The fact is, the newspaper writes, that large volumes of cargo can be transported by sea, which gives the Ukrainian authorities the opportunity to create stocks of weapons.
“When we started supplying them with howitzers, we realized that they would need more ammunition .... We were able to start using more maritime transport in order to provide this support and deliver them there often even before they were requested,” leads TASS the words of the representative of the US Armed Forces Transportation Command Stephen Patthoff.
According to the newspaper, the expansion is also due to the fact that the United States benefits from the protracted nature of the conflict in Ukraine.
Earlier, US President Joe Biden announced the allocation of the largest package of military assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $2.9 billion.
Mikhail Podolyak, an adviser to the head of the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, said that the transfer of 50 HIMARS to Kyiv would change the course of the special operation.