The Kremlin warned Monday that President Joe Biden’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles adds “fuel to the fire” of the war and would escalate international tensions even higher.
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters extinguish the fire following a Russian rocket attack that hit a multi-storey apartment building in Sumy, Ukraine, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2024.
Washington is easing limits on what Ukraine can strike with its American-made Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs, U.S. officials told The Associated Press on Sunday, after months of ruling out such a move over fears of escalating the conflict and bringing about a direct confrontation between Russia and NATO.
Peskov referred journalists to a statement made by President Vladimir Putin in September in which he said allowing Ukraine to target Russia would significantly raise the stakes. “The Westerners supply weapons to Ukraine and say: ‘We do not control anything here anymore and it does not matter how they are used.’" Putin had said."Well, we can also say: ‘We supplied something to someone -- and then we do not control anything.’ And let them think about it.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy gave a muted response to the approval that he and his government have been requesting for over a year. The policy change came “too late to have a major strategic effect,” said Patrick Bury, a senior associate professor in security at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.
Russian lawmakers and state media bashed the West for what they called an escalatory step, threatening a harsh response.
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