The president of the United States, Joe Biden, approved this Sunday the use of long-range missiles by Ukraine to attack Russian territory. The permission to use these American weapons in the conflict unleashed by the Russian invasion of Ukraine represents a drastic change in Biden’s foreign policy with just two months left before he leaves office.
At the moment, neither the White House nor the Pentagon have confirmed it, nor has the Ukrainian government of Volodymyr Zelensky. The decision was announced this Sunday by the newspaper ‘The New York Times’, as well as the Reuters agency, citing anonymous sources from the US government.
According to the members of the Biden Administration consulted, the missiles are intended for attacks against Russian and North Korean troops to defend the Ukrainian military in the Kursk region. The Democratic president had already committed to Zelensky to accelerate aid to his government before the end of his term, regardless of whether there was a new Democratic presidency.
Both the ‘Times’ and Reuters also claim that Biden’s decision has been precipitated by the information from the North Korean military in support of Russia in this conflict and would try to dissuade Pyongyang from sending more soldiers. However, they add that the Democratic president has also been lifting restrictions on the use of Pentagon weapons by Ukraine since Russia attacked the Kharkiv region last May.
In practical terms, the Ukrainian army could until now use American missiles with a range of about 80 kilometers, while from now on it will be able to reach 300 kilometers. Ukraine also receives this aid shortly after knowing the result of the US elections, with Trump the winner and unwilling to extend aid to the Zelensky government in its defense against Russia.
Trump has reiterated, both during the election campaign and after winning the elections, that his intention is to end the war in Ukraine, although he has not specified how. One of his first calls after his victory on November 5 had precisely Zelensky as the interlocutor. The Republican leader has not clarified whether he is in favor of kyiv making concessions to Moscow to guarantee a peace agreement and until now he has criticized all the aid provided by the US to Ukraine.
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