Two months before leaving the White House, Joe Biden authorized Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range American missiles. The move comes as the Kremlin deployed nearly 50,000 Russian and North Korean troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive over the summer, to prepare for to take back territories.
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky had been lobbying Washington for months to authorize the use of these weapons inside Russia. He argued that he needed this capability to add momentum to his war effort. Biden’s green light came after months of debate within his team, due to Russia’s surprise decision to call in North Korean soldiers, according to anonymous sources cited by the New York Times.
“Officials said they did not expect the change to fundamentally alter the course of the war, but that one goal of the policy change was to send a message to the North Koreans for their make it clear that their forces were vulnerable and that they should not send them in greater numbers,” writes the Times. “Officials indicated that the Ukrainians would likely use the missiles first against Russian and North Korean troops who threaten Ukrainian forces in Kursk, but that Mr. Biden could authorize them to use the weapons elsewhere. »
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