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Biden allows Ukraine to use US arms to strike inside Russia (www.reuters.com)
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WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) - President Joe Biden's administration will allow Ukraine to use U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, three sources familiar with the matter said, in a significant change to Washington's policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details due to operational security concerns.

The move by the United States two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20 follows months of requests by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to allow Ukraine's military to use U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border.

The change follows Russia's deployment of North Korean ground troops to supplement its own forces, a development that has caused alarm in Washington and Kyiv.

The first deep strikes are likely to be carried out using ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306 km), according to the sources.

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Ukraine has no ability to produce long range missiles whatsoever. These are all American missiles operated by American personnel. The Ukrainians can’t even launch them, never mind build them. And since it takes American personnel to launch them, it would mean the US is literally directly attacking Russia, at which point this in no way can be considered a “proxy” or “cold” war anymore, but a hot war between the two largest nuclear powers.

[–] hitwright@lemmy.world -1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://united24media.com/war-in-ukraine/ukrainian-made-long-range-missiles-a-potential-turning-point-in-the-war-3096

They are developing them tho. Also they got their long range drones, that already managed to explode russian oil. So it's not a realm of possibilities.

Also it has never been considered a proxy war. It's literal Russian propaganda punch line, my dude. Find better sources than RT

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The best source you have for these long range missiles is some Mickey Mouse Ukrainian propaganda outlet? Most of Ukraine’s industrial capacity was in eastern Ukraine, which western Ukraine has lost access to. This sounds like some Ghost of Kyiv-level Wunderwaffe.

Also it has never been considered a proxy war. It’s literal Russian propaganda punch line, my dude. Find better sources than RT

It has always been considered a proxy war, to weaken and ideally regime change or even Balkanize Russia[1][2]. The US government and corporate media aren’t going to tell you that, though[1]. Russia calling it a proxy war is not proof that it is not one. Find better sources yourself.

[–] hitwright@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago

Did the CIA used mind control for the Russians to invade? Hard to see how the US could have started the proxy war.