According to New York Times sources, Ukraine plans to carry out its first attacks on Russia with US missiles in the next few days. The White House has declined to comment.
Elsa Osipova,
Anni Kavander
20:20•Updated 22:02
President of the United States Joe Biden the administration has given Ukraine permission to strike Russian soil with American-made weapons.
Three sources from the White House talk about it The New York Times by. The news agency AP also reports, citing its sources, that the United States has allowed Ukraine to attack Russia with American weapons.
The White House has declined to comment on the allegations.
The first strikes in the next few days
According to NYT’s sources, Ukraine plans to carry out its first attacks on Russia with US long-range missiles in the next few days. However, the details of the attack have not been revealed due to operational security.
Ukraine will probably use American weapons against Russian and North Korean forces in the Kursk region in western Russia, NYT writes.
According to NYT, the decision in the White House is believed to improve Ukraine’s position in possible future peace negotiations.
Bloomberg’s according to sources, the decision has not yet been finalized in the White House.
Bloomberg writes that Ukraine is unlikely to get permission to use long-range missiles as widely as it has requested.
Biden deflected the questions
President Biden held a press conference from Brazil on Sunday evening Finnish time. The press conference was supposed to be about Biden’s historic trip to the Amazon.
Biden was expected to comment on NYT’s claims at the event. However, he left the place immediately after giving a speech about the protection of the rainforest, and did not wait for the journalists’ questions.
The announcement was preceded by Russia’s attack on Sunday
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi has long hoped that the United States would give Ukraine permission to strike military targets on Russian soil with American long-range ATACMS missiles.
ATACMS missiles have a range of over 300 kilometers.
The announcement was preceded by, among other things, Russia’s extensive attack on Ukraine on Sunday morning, the arrival of North Korean soldiers at the front and Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election.
Trump has criticized the amount of US economic and military aid to Ukraine. Trump has promised to end the war in Ukraine quickly.
Sources: Reuters, AP, AFP