Monday, November 18, 2024

Biden approves Ukraine’s use of long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia, reversing policy

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use a powerful American long-range weapon for limited strikes inside Russia in response to North Korea’s deployment of thousands of troops to aid Moscow’s war effort, according to two senior U.S. officials.The easing of restrictions on allowing 

Kyiv to use the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, to hit targets inside Russia is a significant reversal in U.S. policy and comes as some 10,000 elite North Korean troops have been sent to Kursk, a region of Russia along Ukraine’s northern border, to help Moscow’s forces retake territory gained by Ukraine.The Biden administration fears that more North Korean special forces units could follow in support of this effort. (Read More)