The Administration of President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine this Sunday to attack Russia with American long range missilesaccording to sources in the North American country familiar with the subject and cited by the newspapers ‘The New York Times’ and ‘Washington Post’.
The weapons, the American newspaper states, will probably be used against Russian and North Korean troops to defend Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region. Ukraine plans to carry out its first long-range strikes in the coming days, according to the sources, without disclosing details due to operational security concerns.
Biden’s decision constitutes a substantial change in United States policy and has meant a division among the president’s advisorsaccording to the New York newspaper. This turn comes two months before Donald Trump, who has already announced his intention to cut support for Ukraine, arrives at the White House.
This decision to allow the Ukrainians to use long-range American missiles, known as ATACMS (with a range of more than 300 kilometers), comes after the Kremlin opted to incorporate North Korean military into its ranks.
The authorization also occurs on the same day that Russia has carried out a new “massive” attack against energy infrastructure with the combined use of high-precision missiles. Kinzhal, Tsirkón and Iskander and drones. In total, Moscow has launched 120 rockets and 90 unmanned aerial devices.
While some U.S. officials have expressed skepticism that allowing long-range strikes will change the overall trajectory of the war, the decision could help Ukraine at a time when Russian forces are gaining ground and put kyiv in a better position negotiations in hypothetical ceasefire talks.
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