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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has been pressuring the outgoing US president for months to allow Ukraine to strike military targets in Russia with Western-supplied missiles.
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The American President Joe Biden reportedly authorized Ukraine's use of US-supplied long-range missiles to strike targets inside Russiaaccording to a US official and three sources who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The weapons will likely be used in response to the presence of thousands of North Korean troops in Russia, one of the sources said.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and many of his Western supporters have been putting pressure on Joe Biden for months to allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia with Western-supplied missiles.
Some of Kyiv's allies said the ban and other U.S. restrictions could cost Ukraine the war.
The debate has become a major source of disagreement among Ukraine's NATO allies.
Joe Biden had until now opposed this request, determined to avoid any escalation that he believes could draw the United States and other NATO members into direct conflict with Russia.
North Korea's intervention in the conflict
North Korea recently deployed thousands of troops to Russia to help Moscow reconquer the Kursk region, which Ukraine partially seized this year.
According to American, South Korean and Ukrainian assessments, as many as 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia.
U.S. and South Korean intelligence agencies say North Korea has also supplied Russia with significant quantities of munitions to replenish its dwindling weapons stockpiles.
For his part, the American president-elect Donald Trump suggested he could push Ukraine to cede some of the captured territories to Russia to end the conflict.
The American billionaire, who will take office in the White House in January, repeatedly declared during his election campaign that he would end the invasion of Ukraine within 24 hours, without giving further details.
He has also repeatedly criticized Joe Biden's administration for giving Kyiv tens of billions of dollars in aid.
His electoral victory worries Ukraine's international supporters, who fear a hasty settlement will mainly benefit Vladimir Putin.
