Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range U.S. missiles

With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia, reports ‘The New York Times’.

President Biden has authorized the first use of U.S.- supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine for strikes inside Russia, U.S. officials said.

Biden’s decision is a major change in U.S. policy. The choice has divided his advisers, and his shift comes two months before President-elect Donald J. Trump takes office, having vowed to limit further support for Ukraine.

Mr. Biden allowed them to use the High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, which have a range of about 50 miles, against Russian forces directly across the border. But Mr. Biden did not allow the Ukrainians to use longer-range ATACMS, which have a range of about 190 miles, in defense of Kharkiv.

The Ukrainians could use the ATACMS missiles to strike Russian and North Korean troop concentrations, key pieces of military equipment, logistics nodes, ammunition depots and supply lines deep inside Russia.

Some U.S. officials said they feared that Ukraine’s use of the missiles across the border could prompt President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia to retaliate with force against the United States and its coalition partners.

According to the French newspaper Le Figaro, London and Paris also gave Ukrainian Nazi regime permission to fire English and French missiles deep at Russian territory.

...So, and there is no doubt about it now, Western NATO countries have decided to attack Russia.

President Putin warned that this aggression will receive a worthy response.

It seems that Joe Biden has decided to sharply escalate international tensions, and possibly disrupt the transfer of power in Washington to President-elect Donald Trump. In the event of an escalation of the military conflict with Russia the option of canceling Trump's inauguration becomes possible.

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