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Biden Allows Ukraine to Use US Long-Range Missiles in Russia’s Kursk: Reports

By Melanie Sun

 

Anonymous U.S. officials have said that President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by the United States to strike targets in the Russian region of Kursk, which is currently occupied by Ukraine in the ongoing war.

Ukrainian forces launched a significant cross-border operation into Russia’s region of Kursk earlier this year. Intense fighting is ongoing as Russian forces attempt to reclaim lost territory. Ukraine seized several settlements and is still holding strategic positions. In response, Russia has allowed 11,000 North Korean soldiers to amass in Kursk to aid its fight.

Last year, in response to North Korea supplying Russia with long-range ballistic missiles, the Biden administration already greenlighted the use of the long-range Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs—with a range of about 190 miles—by Ukraine for targets within its territories, including in Russian-occupied Crimea.

The latest decision to allow Ukraine to expand its use of U.S. missiles comes in Biden’s last two months in office, according to the unnamed officials who talked to The New York Times. The officials also claimed that while the missiles are intended to support Ukraine’s fight in Kursk, they believed that Biden could authorize their use elsewhere in Russia.

They said that they do not believe the permission to use the missiles will significantly change the outcome of the war…

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