FirstFT: Biden authorises Ukraine to strike Russia with long range US missiles

FirstFT: Biden authorises Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range US missiles

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World - Financial Times - 4 hours ago

Biden allows Ukraine to strike Russia with US-made long-range missiles

Outgoing president makes big policy shift after North Korean soldiers are deployed in the war

Business - Financial Times - 5 hours ago

Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles for deeper strikes inside Russia

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied long-range missiles to strike deeper inside Russia

World - ABC News - 2 hours ago

Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles

With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.

Top stories - The New York Times - 2 hours ago

Biden authorizes Ukraine to strike Russia with U.S.-supplied long-range missiles

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-provided long-range weapons inside Russia for limited strikes, according to two U.S. officials.

Biden administration will allow Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range U.S. missiles

Two U.S. officials say President Joe Biden will allow Ukraine to use long-range missiles supplied by the U.S. to strike Russia. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell outlines the administration's stance on ...

President Biden to let Ukraine use long-range missiles to hit inside Russia

In a big reversal, President Biden will now let Ukraine use long-range missiles supplied by the U.S. to hit inside Russia. NBC News' Kelly O'Donnell reports.

Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles inside Russia: Reports

President Biden authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike further into Russia, multiple reports said. The move comes as about 10,000 North Korean troops aid Russia in its war and ...

Politics - The Hill - 1 hour ago

How long-range missiles striking Russia could affect Ukraine war

The US has never allowed Kyiv to use long-range missiles for attacks inside Russia proper – until now.

Biden to allow Ukraine to use longer-range US missiles in Russia: Sources

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use long-range ATACMS missiles inside Russia, two U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News on Sunday.

Biden allows Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US-supplied missiles

The move is a major change in US policy after months of requests from Kyiv.

North Korea, in the Spotlight Over Ukraine, Launches a Long-Range Missile

The launch, into waters west of Japan, came shortly after the United States and South Korea criticized the North for sending troops to join Russia’s war.

World - The New York Times - October 31

Biden lifts ban on Ukraine using US weapons to strike deeper into Russia

Officials have suggested permission for wider use could be response to North Koreans joining war on Putin’s side. Joe Biden has lifted the ban on Ukraine using long-range missiles to fire into ...

World - The Guardian - 6 hours ago

North Korea boasts of 'the world's strongest' missile, but experts say it's too big to use in war

North Korea is boasting that its new intercontinental ballistic missile is “the world’s strongest,” a claim seen as pure propaganda after experts assessed it as being too big to be useful in a war ...

World - ABC News - November 1

Monday Briefing: Ukraine Can Hit Russia With U.S. Long-Range Weapons

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World - The New York Times - 6 hours ago

US flies long-range bomber in drill with South Korea, Japan

South Korea says the U.S. has flown a long-range bomber in a trilateral drill with South Korea and Japan in response to North Korea’s recent test-firing of a new intercontinental ballistic missile ...

World - ABC News - November 3

Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in ‘massive’ missile strike, officials say

Blasts rang out across Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and other cities early on Sunday, as Russia staged its biggest missile attack since August.

Russia targets Ukraine’s power grid in biggest missile strike in months

Ukraine orders nationwide energy rationing after more than 200 missiles and drones used in attack that killed seven people. Russia launched more than 200 missile and drones at Ukraine’s energy grid ...

World - The Guardian - 7 hours ago

US and Polish officials open missile defense site that Russia has long protested

U.S. and Polish officials have opened a new NATO missile defense base in northen Poland

World - ABC News - 4 days ago

Kyiv launches more than 100 drones over Russia; missile strike on Ukraine injures 17

Moscow officials say Russian air defenses shot down more than 100 Ukrainian drones Sunday over Russia’s western regions, while 17 people were injured in the Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih in a ...

World - ABC News - October 20

Kyiv launches more than 100 drones over Russia as a missile strike on Ukraine injures 17

World - Yahoo News - October 20

Ukraine war live: Emergency power outages after Russia launches massive missile strike on energy grid

Biggest air strike in months also hits residential areas and raises fears for Ukraine energy infrastructure ahead of winter. The exiled Russian opposition will hold its first major demonstration ...

World - The Guardian - 15 hours ago

North Korea ‘supplying Russia’ with long-range rocket and artillery systems

Ukrainian intelligence says weapons being sent to Russia’s Kursk region to attack Kyiv’s forces

Business - Financial Times - Yesterday

U.S. to Give Ukraine Millions to Build More Long-Range Drones

The move, confirmed by a Pentagon official, is in line with a U.S. policy change aimed at shoring up Ukraine’s ability to fight the war against Russia with its own weapons.

World - The New York Times - October 22

Russia Hits Ukraine with Drones, Missiles Overnight

Millions trek to shelters nightly or take their chances at home as unceasing missile and drone attacks drag on. Some Ukrainians are looking — with hope or sarcasm — to Trump for respite.

World - The New York Times - November 8

Russia Launches Missiles Against Ukraine’s Capital

The attack ended a two-month pause in missile strikes on Kyiv, which had only been hit by Russian drones during that period.

World - The New York Times - 3 days ago

Russia hits Ukraine with massive missile and drone attack

Ukraine suffered what it said was the largest missile and drone attack from Russia since the summer. Chris Livesay has more.

North Korea test-fires its most powerful ICBM yet, just days before the U.S. election

North Korea said Thursday that it had test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that is designed to strike the continental United States.

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