It is said that a “well-supplied” ally is considering sending the missiles first, and after that, others may follow, US officials said.
A source from Downing Street said the United Kingdom had pledged to send more coast-to-ship missiles to Ukraine and said they would have to lift the blockade. However, a government source confirmed that Britain is not considering sending Harpoon missiles.
Earlier, there were US fears of retaliation and that anti-ship missile equipment could be seized by the Russian military.
Weapons can also require extensive training to use and be difficult to maintain.
But Brian Clark, a naval expert at the Hudson Institute in Washington, said sending less than two dozen missiles could cause Russia to lift the blockade.
He said: “Ukraine can pull out the largest Russian ships, as they have nowhere to hide in the Black Sea.
Naval strike missiles could be launched off the coast of Ukraine with a range of 250 km, as ground launchers supplied by NATO allies, US officials said.
The development came when Joe Biden publicly rejected Turkey’s objections to attempts by Finland and Sweden to join NATO.
Mark Millie, the top US general and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke by phone with his Russian counterpart, General Valery Gerasimov, for the first time since the Russian invasion began on February 24.
The World Health Organization has called on Russia to ensure safe access to areas of Ukraine that it controls or besieges.
Tedros Adanom Gebrejesus, the director general of the WHO, spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and told him: “Citizens must be protected.”
This happened when the US Senate overwhelmingly approved nearly $ 40 billion in military, economic and humanitarian aid to Ukraine.
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