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.

  • @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

    • @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

    • @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.