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.

  • @pelikan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    121 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.

    • @caboose2006@lemmy.ca
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      11 month ago

      End the war fast by giving up land, and the people on that land. If you know anything about history Ukrainians under Russian rule is a completely unacceptable outcome to anyone but complete psychopaths.

      • @humanspiral@lemmy.ca
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        71 month ago

        The peace proposal is for largely Russian speaking/ethnic regions of former Ukraine to stay Russian after their recent liberation.

      • @isa41@lemm.ee
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        41 month ago

        Spoken like someone who clearly has zero knowledge of actual history. Especially considering a large part of the reason why the coup government in Ukraine began their campaign of ethnically cleansing the eastern population of their own country was because the people living there more strongly identified with Russia, wanted to be able to keep speaking Russian without persecution, and eventually pleaded with Russia to intervene on their behalf, which Russia fortunately did. But anyone who actually understands the history of the region is a “psychopath.” lol

        • @caboose2006@lemmy.ca
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          -51 month ago

          Spoken like someone who fell for russian propaganda hook line and sinker. You’re either a useful idiot or a bot yourself

          • Cowbee [he/they]
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            141 month ago

            Can you explain which part is “Russian Propaganda?” The Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics are factually breakaway regions, which is the part you disagree with as “Propaganda?”

              • @cecinestpasunbot@lemmy.ml
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                81 month ago

                There was plenty of organic separatism in much of Eastern Ukraine after Maidan. The support they received from Russia doesn’t invalidate that fact.

              • Cowbee [he/they]
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                81 month ago

                Widespread support? Is The Washington Post Russian Propaganda? You keep digging further and further denying reality. Yes, of course Russia was going to support the pro-Russian breakaway regions, that can only benefit them, that doesn’t mean the breakaway regions weren’t pro-Russian since even before Russia’s direct involvement.

                Go ahead, keep accusing outlets like the Washington Post as Russian Propaganda and continue denying material reality.

        • @ReversalHatchery@beehaw.org
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          -11 month ago

          the people living there more strongly identified with Russia, wanted to be able to keep speaking Russian without persecution, and eventually pleaded with Russia to intervene on their behalf, which Russia fortunately did

          this is the first time I hear this story. the previous story was “cleaning out nazis” or something like that. it seems goalposts have grown wheels

      • @pelikan@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        31 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.