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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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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 34 points 1 month ago

Quick! Before we're out of power! Start WW3!!

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[-] freagle@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 month ago

Well, at least we know where the Democrats' priorities are.

Foreign policy: Escalation of global war.
Domestic policy: thoughts and prayers

[-] BurgerPunk@hexbear.net 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I've said this before on this issue, but why is Biden still president and allowed to make these descions? The world finally forced to realize that his brain is pudding but they just let him stay president and make descions that could lead to war with the Russian Federation. Its completely depraved

[-] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

He's just a shambling undead rubber stamp at this point, I'd reckon

[-] yogthos@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

If this is true, this is an act of absolute insanity on the part of Biden admin. This would be an act of war from Russian perspective. Russians repeatedly stated that these weapons can only be operated by NATO personnel, and the use of these weapons would mean direct attack by NATO on Russia. Furthermore, since tomahawks can carry a nuclear pay load, the launches of these missiles will be viewed as a nuclear attack. Russians aren't gonna wait and see whether a nuclear capable missile actually had a nuke payload or not before they respond.

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[-] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 month ago

three sources familiar with the matter

Anonymous sources. On the one hand, this is weak tea, but on the other, I wouldn’t put it past the Biden administration at all.

[-] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 23 points 1 month ago

Reuters and NYT are reporting it. Those outlets get their talking points straight from the white house. There is little reason to doubt this.

[-] FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Things were going way too quietly since the election. This is probably the first step towards starting the major conflict

[-] pelikan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 month ago

The craziest thing of our time is that right-wing bigots claim to end the war fast with peace talks, while so-called “progressives” are going to prolong their proxy war as long as there is at least one Ukrainian still alive.

[-] shapesandstuff@feddit.org 15 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

"claim" is the key word in that sentence.

[-] pelikan@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 month ago

You're 100% correct here. My observation is based solely on Trump's rhetoric and i also have heavy doubts that he will stop the war and bring peace to war-torn area. Anyway, if he really tries and succeeds, it would be twice more embarrassing for his predecessors, as it would mean that they could have done the same, but instead preferred to have tens of thousands Ukrainians killed and dozens of Ukrainian cities razed to the ground.

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