Biden approves Ukraine's use of long-range U.S. weapons inside Russia, reversing policy

[Nevilledog]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/17/ukraine-russia-north-korea-atacms/

No paywall link
https://archive.li/41lhW

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use a powerful American long-range weapon for limited strikes inside Russia in response to North Korea’s deployment of thousands of troops to aid Moscow’s war effort, according to two senior U.S. officials.
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The easing of restrictions on allowing Kyiv to use the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, to hit targets inside Russia is a significant reversal in U.S. policy and comes as some 10,000 elite North Korean troops have been sent to Kursk, a region of Russia along Ukraine’s northern border, to help Moscow’s forces retake territory gained by Ukraine.

The Biden administration fears that more North Korean special forces units could follow in support of this effort.

The move precedes by two months the return to the White House of President-elect Donald Trump, who has signaled he intends to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, though without offering details of how he will do so.

One U.S. official said the move is in part aimed at deterring Pyongyang from sending more troops. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un must understand that the initial deployment has been a “costly” mistake, said the official, who like others interviewed for this story spoke on condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity.

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[niyad]

1. wayyyyyyyy past time. bs resstrictions should never have been there..

[Irish_Dem]

2. Thank God. About damn time.

Time for the US to mean business and help Ukraine actually win the war.
Not just drag it out.

[mitch96]

5. I can see ruzzian military stockpiles going "POOF!!...nt

[Fullduplexxx]

3. Good trump can try to handle the blowback from that

[Maraya1969]

4. So does that stop the JackAss from stopping our munitions and money for Ukraine

Or can he go in and just reverse everything Biden has done?

[hatrack]

7. He can try, but DOD is busting ass to get another $17 billion authorized out the door ASAP

And they've got about two months in which to do it.

[hatrack]

6. Good!! Time to FUCK SHIT UP!!

[Irish_Dem]

8. Zelensky is being very defiant and brave.

He does all this knowing Trump will hand him and his country over to Putin.

[mopinko]

9. he's got immunity. he shd take putin out.

lotta ppl wishing joe wd use those powers in lots of ways. but it seems to me sending the cia to take out putin might actually help.

[bdamomma]

15. Hmm...

that would be interesting.

[liberalla]

17. Whoa - wouldn't that be something!

[rollin74]

10. About damn time

Biden should also allow Ukraine to strike Russian air bases in Belgorod

[The Madcap]

22. Also time

to finish off the Kerch bridge once and for all.

[MacDo]

11. Good news

Love to see Russia getting payback

[The Madcap]

12. Also time to

Start flying drones very low and fast. Would make them harder to shoot down without causing collateral damage. And missiles to all Putin properties.

[Evolve Dammit]

13. Especially his summer palace....

[liberalla]

14. * So, is the equipment in Ukraine right now? Is the Ukrainian army trained to use them?

*** So, is the equipment in Ukraine right now? Is the Ukrainian army trained to use them?

God I hope so! No more delays!

Thank you for the no paywall link! I have to read the rest of the article... Hopefully the answers are in there.

[liberalla]

16. OK, the ATACMS are already in Ukraine since earlier this year (only for use within Ukraine / Crimea)

(for use against russian forces on the Crimean peninsula)

This is now approval to point them into Russia.

[Crunchy Frog]

18. I wish he had done this two years ago.

[Blue_Tires]

19. Good... Moscow needs some payback for election meddling

[roamer65]

20. Hit Moscow!

Joe has set up Dump to look very pro-Ruzzian if he reverses it.

[The Madcap]

21. Was just thinking that.

So if T**** lets it continue, Putie gets mad at him and maybe lets some secrets out about him, but if he stops it, then he's on Putie's side, which I would bet many in his base (especially the vets) might not appreciate. It's going to be interesting. Maybe it's Joe's "poison pill" for T****.

[Emrys]

24. ATACMS won't reach that far

Nor will the British and French SCALP/Storm Shadow. But Ukraine has drones of it own that regularly attack Moscow and other targets deep in Russian territory - over 1,000 miles in some cases.

[orleans]

23. good news. (so long as eloon can't turn them off like apparently he can do to his cars) nt