"Obviously, we have changed the guidance and instructed them how to use them to attack specific targets. Right now, Ukrainian servicemen can use ATACMS to defend themselves when necessary," US National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby emphasized.
Asked about the ATACMS missile strikes deep into Russian territory, John Kirby added that “nothing has changed” about the use of missiles.
ATACMS Army Tactical Missile is launched from the HIMARS High Mobility Artillery Rocket System. (Photo: US Army)
On November 17, the New York Times reported that President Joe Biden allowed Ukraine to use ATACMS tactical ballistic missiles provided by the US to attack inside Russian territory.
EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell confirmed that the US administration has lifted restrictions on the use of US-supplied missiles to strike Russian territory at ranges of up to 300 km. Josep Borrell noted that the issue was discussed at a meeting of EU foreign ministers, but no consensus was reached on lifting the restrictions and that each member state would decide for itself.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said Ukraine cannot strike deep into Russian territory without Western support, as they need satellite intelligence to do so.
On November 21, Mr. Vladimir Putin said that the US and its NATO allies announced that they would allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to attack inside Russia, causing US and British missiles to attack many Russian military facilities in the Kursk and Bryansk regions.
The Russian leader noted that Moscow responded to these attacks by firing Russia’s latest Oreshnik hypersonic intermediate-range ballistic missile with a non-nuclear warhead at Ukraine’s defense industrial base, the Yuzhmash plant in Dnipro. The West’s provocative policies could have catastrophic consequences if they continue to escalate the conflict.
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