The president of the United States, Joe Biden, has authorized for the first time the use of long range missiles supplied by your country to Ukraine to carry out attacks inside Russia, according to what was published this Sunday The New York Times and the Washington Postciting White House sources.
These same sources assure that it is likely that these weapons will be used initially against Russian and North Korean troops in defense of Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of western Russia.
According to the TimesBiden’s decision means a major change in American politics. The move has divided his advisers and the change comes two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office, having promised to limit support for Ukraine.
The authorization for the Ukrainians to use long-range missiles, known as Army Tactical Missile Systems or ATACMS, comes in response to Russia’s decision to incorporate North Korean troops to the fight, they said Times the sources consulted.
The ATACMS is a supersonic guided missile system that can carry a cluster or conventional bomb warhead that has a maximum range of about 305 kilometers.
Although the White House says it does not expect the change to fundamentally alter the course of the war, one goal of the decision is send a message to the north koreans that their forces are vulnerable and that they should not send more of them.
While the Ukrainians are likely to first use the missiles against Russian and North Korean troops threatening Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Biden could authorize them later. use weapons in other places.
The authorization “it will have a very specific and limited effect” on the battlefield to avoid possible escalation, according to another source Washington Post.
Other sources have suggested that Biden intends with this gesture strengthen Ukraine’s position with a view to a possible negotiation with Moscow once Trump comes to power in January.
It’s Putin’s red line
Vladimir Putin had long ago drawn as red line the use of long-range missiles against its territory. The Russian president would consider this step as a declaration of war by NATO, which would generate a new scenario.
“It would substantially change the very essence, the nature of the conflict,” Vladimir Putin said in September. “This will mean that NATO countries, the United States and European states, They are fighting with Russia,” added the dictator.
“No matter who tries to stand in our way or create threats to our country and our people, they must know that Russia will respond immediately“said Putin, who ended with a sinister phrase: “The consequences will be like they have never seen in their entire history.”
In the background, hovers over the veiled but constant threat of Russia, since it began its invasion of Ukraine, to use nuclear weapons in its offensive operation.
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