“it’s too late and too little” – Libération

Joe Biden gave Kyiv the green light to strike the Kursk region with medium-range ballistic missiles, which is unlikely to change much in the course of the war.

Will we see American Atacms missiles destroy fuel depots, energy plants or command centers on Russian territory? If we are to believe the American media, President Joe Biden did, on Sunday, November 17, give Volodymyr Zelensky authorization to shoot at targets located on the other side of the border. “Strikes are not done with words. The missiles will speak for themselves,” reacted the Ukrainian president, half-heartedly.

It must be said that the green light comes very late, a thousand days after Russia invaded its neighbor in defiance of international law. In addition, only the Kursk region would be affected. Or a confetti of a few hundred square kilometers that Ukrainian troops have controlled since their surprise offensive in August, and where Moscow seems to be preparing a massive counter-offensive involving around 50,000 soldiers,