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Joe Biden lifts ban on Ukraine using US weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory
Biden to announce more support for Ukraine’s military amid Russia war
President Joe Biden says he will announce new actions to accelerate support for Ukraine’s military in its war with Russia.
WASHINGTON, Nov 17 (Reuters) – President Joe Biden’s administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using U.S.-provided weapons to strike deep into Russian territory, said three sources familiar with the matter, in a significant change to U.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 White House declined to comment.
The move by the United States, which comes just over two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office on Jan. 20, comes after 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, according to the sources.
While some U.S. officials have expressed skepticism that allowing long-range strikes will change the war’s overall trajectory, the decision could help Ukraine at a moment when Russian forces are making gains and possibly put Kyiv in a better negotiating position when and if ceasefire talks happen.
It is not clear if Trump will reverse Biden’s decision when he takes office. Trump has long criticized the scale of U.S. financial and military aid to Ukraine and has vowed to end the war quickly, without explaining how.
Still, some congressional Republicans have urged Biden to loosen the rules on how Ukraine can use U.S.-provided weapons.
Russia has warned that it would see a move to loosen the limits on Ukraine’s use of U.S. weapons as a major escalation.
(Reporting by Mike Stone and Humeyra Pamuk in Washington; Editing by Scott Malone and Lisa Shumaker)
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