The weapons authorized by Biden are considered likely to be used in response to North Korea’s decision to send thousands of troops to Russia in support of the invasion of Ukraine.
The president Joe Biden authorized for the first time the use of long-range missiles supplied by the United States by Ukraine to attack inside Russia.
According to AP, The information was provided by a US official and three people familiar with the matter.
This decision represents a major shift in US policy and comes as Biden is about to leave office. For his part, President-elect Donald Trump has said he would quickly end the war and has expressed skepticism about continued US support.
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The weapons authorized by Biden are considered likely to be used in response to North Korea’s decision to send thousands of troops to Russia in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, according to one of the people.
The sources spoke on condition of anonymity. For his part, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and many of his Western supporters have been pressuring Biden for months to allow Ukraine to attack military targets inside Russia with Western-supplied missiles. The argument has been that the US ban had made it impossible for Ukraine to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and power grids.
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