Biden approves Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike inside Russia for first time
The move by the United States comes two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office
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Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike hundreds of miles inside Russia for the first time, according to reports.
The decision is a major US policy shift and comes after Russia warned that Moscow would see the move to allow the use of US-made missiles “as a major escalation”. With Biden leaving office in two months President-elect Donald Trump has indicated he will limit American support for Ukraine and pledged end the war quickly once he takes office in January.
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has campaigned for months to allow Ukraine’s military to use US weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border, and retains important allies in both parties in the US Congress.
The Independent has reached out to the White House for confirmation.
ATACMS rockets can strike targets nearly 200 miles away (AP)
The change follows Russia’s deployment of North Korean ground troops to supplement its own forces, a development that has caused alarm in Washington and Kyiv.
The first deep strikes are likely to be carried out using ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306 km), according to the sources.
While some US officials have expressed scepticism that allowing long-range strikes will change the war’s overall trajectory, the decision could help Ukraine at a moment when Russian forces are making gains and possibly put Kyiv in a better negotiating position when and if ceasefire talks happen.
It is not clear if Trump will reverse Biden’s decision when he takes office. Trump has long criticised the scale of financial and military aid to Ukraine and has vowed to end the war quickly, without explaining how.
He also repeatedly slammed the Biden administration for giving Kyiv tens of billions of dollars in aid. His election victory has Ukraine’s international backers worrying that any rushed settlement would mostly benefit Putin.
Russia has warned that it would see a move to loosen the limits on Ukraine’s use of US weapons as a major escalation.
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Joe Biden approves Ukrainian use of long-range missiles to strike inside Russia - reports
President Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine's use of US-supplied long-range missiles to strike inside Russia for the first time, according to reports.
The decision, reported by news agency AP, marks a major US policy shift and comes as Mr Biden is about to leave office.
President-elect Donald Trump has pledged to limit American support for Ukraine and end the war as soon as possible.
AP said on Sunday evening that one US official and three people familiar with the matter had confirmed Biden had authorised Ukraine’s use of the missiles.
The weapons are likely to be used in response to North Korea's decision to send thousands of troops to Russia in support of Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, according to one of the sources, AP said.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and many of his Western supporters have been pressing Biden for months to allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia with Western-supplied missiles, saying the US ban had made it impossible for Ukraine to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.
Some supporters have argued that this and other US constraints could cost Ukraine the war. The debate has become a source of disagreement among Ukraine's Nato allies.
Biden had remained opposed, determined to hold the line against any escalation that he felt could draw the US and other Nato members into direct conflict with Russia.
But North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to Russia to help Moscow try to claw back land in the Kursk border region that Ukraine seized this year.
As many as 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, according to US, South Korean and Ukrainian assessments. US and South Korean intelligence officials say North Korea also has provided Russia with significant amounts of munitions to replenish its dwindling weapons stockpiles.
Trump, who takes office in January, spoke for months as a candidate about wanting Russia's war in Ukraine to be over, but he mostly ducked questions about whether he wanted US ally Ukraine to win.
He also repeatedly slammed the Biden administration for giving Kyiv tens of billions of dollars in aid. His election victory has Ukraine's international backers worrying that any rushed settlement would mostly benefit Putin.
News of Biden’s alleged approval of the missiles came hours after Russia carried out its largest air strike on Ukraine in almost three months.
In the early hours of Sunday, Russia launched around 120 missiles and 90 drones in a "massive" combined air strike on Ukraine's energy infrastructure that killed at least seven people, Ukrainian authorities said.
“These attacks again highlight Ukraine's need for additional air defence systems from our allies," President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the time.
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Biden authorizes Ukraine to use long-range US weapons in Russia
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President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use powerful long-range American weapons inside Russia, according to a senior US official familiar with the decision, as North Korean troops deploy in support of Moscow’s effort.
The decision comes as Russia has deployed nearly 50,000 troops to Kursk, the southern Russian region where Kyiv launched its surprise counteroffensive in the summer, to prepare to take back territory.
Thousands of North Korean troops have deployed to Kursk as part of the offensive. Biden and his advisers are concerned the entry of North Korea troops into the conflict could lead to a dangerous new phase in the war.
The decision to allow use of the Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS, had been under consideration for months. American officials had been divided on the wisdom of allowing the new capability. Some voiced concern about escalating the war, while others worried about dwindling stockpiles of the weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky had been pressing Washington to allow use of the weapons inside Russia, arguing he needed the capability to gain momentum in his war effort.
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Поэтому повторим кратко:
1. Ситуацию на фронте они кардинально не изменят. Также как удары дальнобойным ракетами по тылам армии РФ на захваченных украинских территориях, которые осуществлялись с прошлого года, не смогли остановить продвижение российских войск на Донбассе, также и удары ракетами по Курской области вряд ли станут тем фактором, что переломит там ситуацию.
2. Главное последствие (если разрешение действительно дано - пока официальных заявлений об этом нет) - резкий рост напряженности в отношениях Запада и России. Путин ранее уже публично неоднократно заявлял, что удары западными дальнобойными ракетами будут означать прямое вступление стран НАТО в войну против РФ и даже обновил под это ядерную доктрину. Также Москва на разных уровнях заявляла, что некий военный ответ она на это даст. Но даже если этого не случится, то однозначно теперь будет ещё сложнее договориться о скорейшем окончании войны, так как уровень враждебности между Западом и РФ резко возрастет. И это, не исключено, и является главной целью выдачи разрешения. Таким образом западная «партия войны», пока ещё у власти в США Байден, пытается крайне затруднить заключение соглашения о завершении войны, которое, по данным СМИ, готов предложить Трамп после вступления в должность президента США. Выдача разрешений на ракетные удары - одна из последних возможностей «партии войны» эти соглашения сорвать.
3. Если же Россия даст некий военный ответ западным странам и, конкретно, США, то для «партии войны» это также хороший вариант, так как, как минимум, может вообще снять для Трампа вопрос о каких-либо договоренностях с РФ и изначально поместить его в повестку военного противостояния. А, как максимум, если масштабы столкновения РФ и НАТО будет нарастать, то может стать основанием вообще сорвать передачу власти Трампу, сохранив ее у Демпартии. Тем более, что для истеблишмента в Вашингтоне уже анонсированные Трампом назначения выглядят настоящей катастрофой.
Самая главная проблема в том, что переход противостояния между Россией и НАТО в военную стадию может очень быстро перейти в ядерный формат и вызвать мировую войну со взаимным уничтожением.
И тогда уже будет не очень важно как фамилия президента США.
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«Сегодня многие СМИ говорит о том, что мы получили разрешение на соответствующие действия. Но удары наносят не словами. Такие вещи не анонсируют. Ракеты сами за себя скажут. Обязательно», - сказал президент в своем вечернем обращении.
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Удары дальнобойными ракетами по старым территориям: а сколько ракет-то?
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И в условиях одобрения со стороны уже не только США, но и Великобритании с Францией бить дальнобойные ракеты по «старым» российским территориям нужно посмотреть на это с прагматической военной точки зерния.
Эйфория украинцев была при передаче HIMARS, «Абрамсов», «Шторм Шэдоу», ATACMS, но она была краткосрочной. К действительно позитивным результатам это не привело, а российские подразделения каждый раз приспосабливались (это открыто признаёт даже глава Минобороны Великобритании, говоря, что любое ноу-хау живёт лишь два месяца)
Запад передавал ВСУ всегда ровно столько, сколько было нужно украинским формированиям для продолжения конфликта и нанесения ограниченного урона России (но никак не поражения).
📍С полученным одобрением ситуация не изменится: будут бить только по тем объектам, которые одобрят страны-владельцы этих ракет и комплексов.
🔻Если эти слова неубедительны, что ж, поговорим на языке цифр (в начале ноября мы уже делали приблизительный подсчёт). На начало октября на балансе ВСУ насчитывалось:
▪️от 6 до 8 ракет ATACMS (один залп);
▪️от 20 до 30 крылатых ракет Storm Shadow/SCALP (от двух до трёх залпов).
▪️в начале ноября фиксировалась повышенная активность на Староконстантинове, что может свидетельствовать о дополнительных поставках. При этом по аэродрому на протяжении всего ноября в ежедневном режиме наносились удары с целью уменьшения этих запасов.
📌Даже если предположить, что на территорию т.н.Украины завезли новые партии ракет, то речь может идти максимум о паре десятков ракет каждого типа. Их дальнейшая судьба, сколько от этих партий сгорело в результате российских ударов последнего месяца — неизвестно. Это далеко не та военная угроза, с которой тяжело будет справиться.
В текущей ситуации речь идёт об отражении очень маленького числа привычных типов вооружений, против которых наши войска методом проб и ошибок научились бороться в зоне СВО.
❗️И это нужно рассматривать в первую очередь как политический ход (в рамках общего повышения ставок перед переходом конфликта в иную фазу), который явно будет использован администрацией Трампа для того, чтобы в дальнейшем оправдать возможный отказ от прямой поддержки т.н.Украины («администрация Байдена разрешила даже удары высокоточным оружием, но ВСУ не справились»).
Собственно, источники из администрации Трампа уже говорят в СМИ, что это решение может быть отменено после инаугурации Трампа.
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Разрешение бить Атакамсами по «старой» территории России вполне прогнозируемо и не стало неожиданностью для тех, кто смотрит на происходящее опираясь на реальное положение дел. Нетрудно предсказать и другое.
Когда мы начнём отвечать как нужно ( мы ведь начнём?), американцы потребуют снизить эскалацию давя на то, что «решение на удары по территории России давала прошлая администрация». Это старый проверенный метод, сначала нагадить, потом, если реакция противника вышла за рамки того, что прогнозировали аналитики, спереть все на предыдущего хозяина Белого дома и предложить начать все с чистого листа.
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Добавлю к посту выше. Независимо ни от чего, надо понимать, что такое решение должно прозвучать не сливом в прессе от анонимуса в администрации, а официальным заявлением – точно также как делались все предыдущие решения такого рода, включая поставки оружия, бронетехники, ракет, самолетов и тд. Пока такого заявления нет – это все можно списать на чью-то дурную инициативу, даже если хохлы реально применят АТACMS по той или иной цели, и откатить назад. И здесь очень интересна реакция Европы: будет ли Британия и Франция давать разрешение на применение «Штормов»/«Скальпа»? Передадут ли немцы «Таурус»? Для этих решений простого вброса в американской прессе явно недостаточно, и если они их примут в ближайшее время у себя – то значит Байден действительно «дал добро».
А вот для нас все просто. Если такое применение НАТОвских дальнобойных ракет состоится, то ответом может быть только удар по собственно НАТОвским объектам. В частности, по базе Жешув, главному логистическому узлу, через который хохлу везут оружие. Тогда есть шанс, что все быстро все поймут и откатят со словами «ну чего вы сразу». Бить по НАТОвским объектам придется все равно, но если затянуть, может оказаться, что иначе как масштабным применением ядерного оружия проблема не решается.
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NYT: Байден разрешил Украине наносить удары вглубь России американскими дальнобойными ракетами ATACMS
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Президент Байден впервые разрешил Украине использовать поставленные Соединенными Штатами ракеты дальнего радиуса действия для ударов по территории России, пишет New York Times со ссылкой на американских чиновников (нужна подписка).
По данным издания, речь идет об американских баллистических ракетах системы ATACMS, дальность которых достигает 300 километров.
По словам собеседников NYT, это оружие, скорее всего, будет первоначально применено украинскими силами против российских и северокорейских войск для защиты позиций ВСУ в Курской области.
Как пишет NYT, российские военные собираются начать крупное наступление, в котором примут участие около 50 000 солдат, включая северокорейские войска, на укрепившиеся украинские позиции в Курской области с целью вернуть всю российскую территорию, захваченную украинцами в августе.
Украинцы могут использовать ракеты ATACMS для нанесения ударов по скоплениям российских и северокорейских войск, ключевым единицам военной техники, узлам логистики, складам боеприпасов и линиям снабжения в глубине России.
Это поможет Киеву снизить эффективность российско-северокорейского наступления, пишет издание.
Решение Байдена за два месяца до окончания его пребывания в должности президента и вступления на пост Дональда Трампа — это серьезное изменение в политике США, пишет NYT.
С самого начала поставок американского оружия Киеву Вашингтон запрещал наносить удары по российским тылам, опасаясь, что это приведет к опасной эскалации не только в регионе, но и в Европе в целом. И сейчас некоторые американские чиновники сказали NYT о своих опасениях по поводу того, что применение Украиной американских ракет на территории России может побудить Путина предпринять ответные силовые действия против США и их партнеров по коалиции.
Однако другие собеседники издания заявили, что считают эти опасения преувеличенными.
Сотрудники этого канала признаны иноагентами.
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CША и союзники разрешили ВСУ бить по России СВОИМИ ракетами. ЧТО ТЕПЕРЬ БУДЕТ?
Ukraine strikes on Russia with US missiles could lead to world war, Russian lawmakers say
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MOSCOW, Nov 17 (Reuters) - Washington's decision to let Kyiv strike deep into Russia with long-range U.S. missiles escalates the conflict in Ukraine and could lead to World War Three, senior Russian lawmakers said on Sunday.
Two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision revealed the significant reversal of Washington's policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict earlier on Sunday.
"The West has decided on such a level of escalation that it could end with the Ukrainian statehood in complete ruins by morning," Andrei Klishas, a senior member of the Federation Council, Russia's upper chamber of parliament, said on the Telegram messaging app.
Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy head of the Russian upper house's international affairs committee, said that Moscow's response will be immediate.
"This is a very big step towards the start of World War Three," the TASS state news agency quoted Dzhabarov as saying.
President Vladimir Putin said in September that the West would be fighting Russia directly if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, a move he said would alter the nature and scope of the conflict.
Russia would be forced to take what Putin called "appropriate decisions" based on the new threats.
Leonid Slutsky, chairman of the State Duma lower house's foreign affairs committee, said that U.S. authorisation of strikes by Kyiv on Russia with U.S. ATACMS tactical missiles would lead to the toughest response, Russian news agencies reported.
"Strikes with U.S. missiles deep into Russian regions will inevitably entail a serious escalation, which threatens to lead to much more serious consequences," TASS news agency quoted Slutsky as saying.
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The long-range missiles Ukraine could use to strike Russia after Biden decision
Army Tactical Missile System or ATACMS missile is fired during a joint military drill between U.S. and South Korea (South Korea Defense Ministry)
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Joe Biden has sensationally granted Kyiv permission to use “long-range “ missiles to strike targets deep within Russia, despite Vladimir Putin describing such a move as an act of war.
The weapons are likely to be used in response to North Korea’s decision to send thousands of troops to Russia in support of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine and comes after months of pressure from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
He argued the US ban had made it impossible for Ukraine to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.
We look closer at the weapons that could mark a turning point in the war.
Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rockets
The first deep strikes are likely to be carried out using Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306 km), according to sources who revealed Biden’s policy.
ATACMS are a long-range guided missile that gives operational commanders the “immediate firepower to win the deep battle”.
Produced by US global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin, the missiles carry a 500lb (227kg) class blast fragmentation warhead.
These missiles can reach up to 300km (186 miles) and are tough to intercept due to their high speed.
The weapons are fitted with a specialised GPS system and carry cluster munitions.
When fired, the clusters open in the air, releasing hundreds of bomblets rather than a single warhead.
A Storm Shadow cruise missile is on display during the Paris Air Show (AP)
Storm Shadow
Until now the Storm Shadow missiles have been limited to Russian targets operating inside Ukraine, as well as in occupied Crimea. The missiles were likely used in the largest Ukrainian attack on the headquarters ofrussia"> Russia’s Black Sea fleet last year at Sevastopol.
The other missile being touted the British/French made Storm Shadow/SCALP-EG missile has a much longer estimated range of up to 550 km (340 miles).
The UK has supplied Ukraine with Storm Shadows, but hasn’t allowed Ukraine to use them against Russian territory.
Manufacturer MBDA has said that the missile, which is fired from an aircraft, is designed to evade detection despite flying low after being launched.
Powered by a turbo-jet engine, the 1,300kg Storm Shadow travels at speeds of more than 600mph, is just over five metres long and has a wingspan of three metres.
After launch, the weapon, equipped with its own navigation system, descends to a low altitude to avoid detection before locking on to its target using an infra-red seeker.
On final approach the missile climbs to a higher altitude to maximise the chances of hitting the target.
What did Putin warn if West let Ukraine use long-range missiles
Washington’s decision to let Ukraine strike deep into Russia with long-range U.S. missiles could lead to World War Three and will receive a swift response, Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy head of the Russian upper house’s international affairs committee, said on Sunday, according to the TASS news agency.
If Ukraine is allowed to use long-range Western-provided missiles against targets inside Russia, it would mean the direct participation of Nato countries in the conflict, Vladimir Putin said on Thursday 12 September.
Western long-range precision weapons can only be used with intelligence data from Nato satellites and flight assignments entered by Nato military personnel, he claimed.
“Therefore, we are not talking about allowing the Ukrainian regime to strike Russia with these weapons or not. We are talking about making a decision about whether NATO countries are directly involved in the military conflict or not,” Mr Putin said.
Vladimir Putin listens to Donald Trump during a press conference in Helsinki, Finland, in 2018 (AFP via Getty Images)
“This will mean that Nato countries, the United States, and European countries are fighting against Russia.”
Will long-range missile strikes on Russia change the tide of war?
“This is a very important decision for us,” Serhii Kuzan, Chairman of the Kyiv-based think tank, the Ukrainian Security and Co-operation Centre, told the BBC.
“It’s not something that will change the course of the war, but I think it will make our forces more equal.”
Mr Kuzan said the decision had come just in time to counter the expected start of a major assault by Russian and Korean troops, designed to dislodge Ukrainian forces from the Russian Kursk region.
The assault is expected within days.
“That’s why this decision comes just in time. There are two days left,” he tells me, adding that much depended on what quantities of missiles have already been provided to Ukraine and whether the US shares intelligence information to enable the missiles to be used to the greatest effect.
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Starmer urges ‘doubling down’ of Ukraine support as Biden approves missile use
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Sir Keir Starmer has said “we need to double down” on support for Ukraine as it was reported Joe Biden has given the green light to Kyiv to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike inside Russia.
The Prime Minister pledged that Ukraine was “top” of his agenda at this week’s G20 summit of world leaders and told reporters that “there’s got to be full support as long as it takes”.
There has been concern about the level of support the US may continue to give Ukraine when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
President Mr Biden has authorised the use of US-supplied long-range missiles by Ukraine to strike inside Russia for the first time, AP has reported, citing a US official and three people familiar with the matter.
We are coming up to the 1,000th day of this conflict on Tuesday. That's 1,000 days of Russian aggression
Sir Keir Starmer.
The decision would mark a major US policy shift as Mr Biden is about to leave office.
Earlier this week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Mr Putin in what was the Russian leader’s first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major western power in nearly two years.
Asked if he had any plans to make a similar call, Sir Keir said: “It’s a matter for Chancellor Scholz who he speaks to. I have no plans to speak to Putin.”
Speaking to reporters on the way to the G20 summit in Brazil, the Prime Minister added: “We are coming up to the 1,000th day of this conflict on Tuesday.
“That’s 1,000 days of Russian aggression, 1,000 days of huge impact and sacrifice in relation to the Ukrainian people and recently we’ve seen the addition of North Korean troops working with Russians which does have serious implications.
“I think on one hand it shows the desperation of Russia, but it’s got serious implications for European security […] and for Indo-Pacific security and that’s why I think we need to double down on shoring up our support for Ukraine and that’s top of my agenda for the G20.
“There’s got to be full support as long as it takes and that certainly is top of my agenda, shoring up that further support for Ukraine.”
It comes after Russia made a large-scale attack on Ukraine on Sunday, with President Volodymyr Zelensky saying that Russia launched a total of 120 missiles and 90 drones.
Wydajemy miliardy na nowe czołgi. Bez tego systemu na polu walki mogą okazać się bezużyteczne
Budowa polskiej armii pancernej nabiera przyspieszenia. Już niedługo dotrą do Polski pierwsze czołgi Abrams w najnowszej wersji M1A2SEPv3. Polskie wojsko ma otrzymać 250 Abramsów w tej odmianie. Dobrych informacji dla czołgistów jest zresztą więcej...
• Polska nadrabia braki w sprzęcie pancernym, które wynikły z przekazania ponad 300 czołgów Ukrainie.
• Do końca roku będziemy mieć na uzbrojeniu 433 czołgi. Prawie dwa razy tyle, ile sprawnych czołgów mają Niemcy.
• Doświadczenia wojny w Ukrainie pokazują, że Abramsy czy Leopardy nie są niezniszczalne. Mogą jednak być o wiele bezpieczniejsze dla załóg.
... Czołgi Abrams M1A2SEPv3, które płyną już do Polski, to efekt umowy podpisanej w 2022 r. z rządem USA - na 250 takich pancernych pojazdów.
Kontrakt o wartości 4,75 mld dol.
obejmuje również zakup 26 wozów zabezpieczenia technicznego M88A2 Hercules, 17 mostów towarzyszących M1074 Joint Assault Bridge, pakiet szkoleniowy i logistyczny oraz zapas amunicji.
Czołgi te mieliśmy otrzymać na początku 2025 r., lecz termin został przyspieszony. Dodajmy, że w tym roku trafiły do Polski czołgi w starszej wersji - Abrams M1A, których - zgodnie z umową zatwierdzoną przez Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej na początku 2023 r. - mamy 116 szt.
Umowę wyceniono na ok. 1,4 mld dol. netto,
z czego blisko 200 mln dol. pochodzi ze strony amerykańskiej (w ramach przyznanych Polsce środków pomocowych).
Wkrótce zatem Abramsy stanowić będą prawie połowę liczby innych czołgów, które przekazaliśmy Ukrainie. A przecież na tym nie koniec. Sekretarz stanu w Ministerstwie Obrony Narodowej Paweł Bejda poinformował, że z końcem października dotarł do Polski kolejny transport czołgów K2 Black Panther.
Było ich 6 szt., ale - zliczając kropelkowe dostawy z Korei Południowej - mamy już na uzbrojeniu 62 czołgi K2 (ze 180 zamówionych w ramach pierwszej umowy wykonawczej podpisanej w 2022 r.). Zapłacimy za nie prawie 3,4 mld dol. Jeszcze w tym roku do Polski powinny zaś trafić 22 czołgi K2, a kolejne 96 - w roku przyszłym.
Do końca roku siły zbrojne będą miały zatem na uzbrojeniu 433 czołgi (116 M1A1FEP, 84 K2, 233 Leopard 2). Do tego dojdą Abramsy w najnowszej wersji, które płyną do Polski.
Wicepremier i szef MON Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz zapowiedział też umowę na pozyskanie kolejnych 180 czołgów K2, które już mają być częściowo spolonizowane.
Koreańczycy cały czas modernizują swoje czołgi
Koreański producent tych wozów Hyundai Rotem wciąż modernizuje i doskonali swoje konstrukcje. Jednym z przykładów są prace nad produkcją własnego power-packa do czołgów K2 Black Panther (Heuk-Pyo), złożonego z silnika wysokoprężnego HD Hyundai Doosan Infracore DV27K i skrzyni przekładniowej SNT Dynamics EST15K.
Obecnie użytkowane czołgi K2 są nadal wyposażone w przekładnie RENK HSWL 295 TM. W niemieckim pakiecie napędowym również wykryto pewne problemy i w rezultacie władze w Seulu zdecydowały się kontynuować rozwój krajowego power-packa.
W pierwszych dwóch partiach produkcyjnych K2 zastosowano niemiecki power-pack, a dopiero przy trzeciej partii wozów dla wojsk lądowych Republiki Korei oraz K2GF dla Polski zdecydowano się na silnik DV27K, lecz sprzężony jeszcze z przekładnią RENK HSWL 295 TM.
W 2023 r. koreański power-pack poddano ostatecznym testom pod nadzorem urzędu DAPA, który go zatwierdził. Teraz Hyundai Rotem może wprowadzić go do masowej produkcji - zarówno dla wozów na potrzeby krajowe, jak i na eksport.
Na froncie czołgi są bezbronne wobec amunicji krążącej i dronów
Złe wieści w sprawie amerykańskich i niemieckich czołgów, które mamy na uzbrojeniu, napłynęły z Ukrainy. Podano, że obrońcy stracili na froncie znaczną część przekazanych przez Amerykanów czołgów Abrams M1A1.
Z 31 czołgów Abrams już 20 zostało zniszczonych, uszkodzonych lub przejętych - większość w tym roku przez zdalnie sterowane pociski oraz drony. Pancerz Abramsa, nawet ten zubożony, który jest w czołgach dla Ukrainy, powinien wytrzymać bezpośredni ostrzał z innych pojazdów bojowych.
Tyle że Amerykanie przyznają, że Abramsy nie są odpowiednio chronione przed atakami kierowanych pocisków przeciwpancernych lub amunicji krążącej i przed dronami. Generał Geoffrey Norman, odpowiedzialny za program odnowy pojazdów pancernych armii USA, przyznał, że
M1A1 Abrams nie nadaje się do ataków, z którymi obecnie spotykają się siły ukraińskie.
- Pomimo zaawansowanego pancerza reaktywnego czołgi pozostają podatne na ataki z góry. Słabość ta jest wykorzystywana przez siły rosyjskie - ocenił amerykański generał.
Dla nas jest jeszcze gorsza wiadomość...
Rosjanom udało się przejąć kilka dobrze zachowanych Abramsów, co pozwoli im zapoznać się z technologią systemów obronnych oraz kierowania ogniem i łączności, w które są wyposażone.
Specjaliści wojskowi obawiają się, że w przypadku konfliktu z NATO Rosjanie opracują rozwiązania, które będą w stanie zakłócić pracę systemów elektronicznych amerykańskich czołgów, bądź wyposażą swoje czołgi w pancerze, które będą w stanie wytrzymać ostrzał z dział Abramsów.
Również spośród 21 dostarczonych Leopardów 2A6 12 zostało zniszczonych lub uszkodzonych, a z 40 otrzymanych Leopardów 2A4 ten sam los spotkał ponad połowę wozów. Z 10 wozów szwedzkiej wersji Leopard 2, czołgów Stridsvagn 122, unicestwiono 7 maszyn.
Czołgi najpewniej długo jeszcze nie znikną z pola walki
Bez czołgów nie ma mowy o zwycięstwie w wojnie, zwłaszcza że powstają systemy, które coraz skuteczniej chronią życie załóg czołgowych.
Niemcy pochwalili się niedawno wprowadzeniem do służby w Bundeswehrze nowego czołgu Leopard 2A7A1. To pierwszy czołg koncernu KNDS zintegrowany z Trophy Active Protection System, opracowanym przez izraelską firmę Rafael.
Następne 17 egzemplarzy 2A6 ma zostać przebudowane do tego standardu w 2025 r. Wcześniej system Trophy zintegrowano również z czołgami Merkawa oraz transporterami opancerzonymi Namer Sił Obronnych Izraela, a także z czołgami Abrams USA. Mają go też brytyjskie czołgi Challenger 3. Trophy będzie również ochraniał czołgi Leopard 2 w Norwegii. Chcą je również Koreańczycy - dla swoich K2.
Rafael poinformował podczas targów zbrojeniowych AUSA na początku października, że - wykorzystując doświadczenia Izraela w walce w Strefie Gazy i Libanie - zmodernizował system Trophy, który teraz może chronić pojazdy bojowe również przed atakami dronów.
Nasze czołgi takich systemów nie mają i nikt - jak dotychczas - nie mówi o ich zakupie, choć doświadczenia z wojny w Ukrainie wyraźnie wskazują na ich potrzebę.
Jeśli Polska nie wyposaży w przyszłości swoich czołgów w systemy tego rodzaju, to - mimo że czołgi, które nabywamy są nowoczesnym sprzętem, w pełnoskalowej wojnie nigdy nie będzie on w stanie wykorzystać wszystkich swoich walorów.
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Niemiecki generał ostrzega przed najgorszym. Polski dowódca odpowiada
Zakończenie konfliktu w Ukrainie znacznie ułatwi Rosji rozbudowę swoich sił zbrojnych - uważa gen. Wiesław Kukuła, szef Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego. Jego zdaniem, wojnę z Rosją powinniśmy postrzegać jako realne zagrożenie.
• Gen. Carsten Breuer ostrzegł, że - po zebraniu wszystkich dostępnych informacji - atak Rosji na terytorium NATO byłby możliwy już w 2029 r.
• To, czy i kiedy wojna wybuchnie, w pewnym sensie zależy od nas - uważa gen. Wiesław Kukuła, szef Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego.
• Jego zdaniem, podejście Rosji do potencjalnej wojny definiują trzy wektory - intencji, siły i możliwości.
W wywiadzie dla niemieckiego dziennika "Sueddeutsche Zeintung" gen. Carsten Breuer ostrzegł, że - po zebraniu wszystkich dostępnych informacji - atak Rosji na terytorium NATO byłby możliwy już w 2029 r.
O słowa niemieckiego dowódcy z lata zapytany został przez "Rzeczpospolitą" gen. Wiesław Kukuła, szef Sztabu Generalnego Wojska Polskiego.
[b]Niemiecki generał ostrzega przed najgorszym. Polski dowódca odpowiada
Jak zaznaczył, opinia gen. Breuera - zgodnie z którą czas potrzebny Rosji na budowę zdolności do wojny z NATO to maksymalnie pięć lat - jest w dowództwach NATO podzielana.
Rosja dysponuje potencjałem demograficznym, surowcowym oraz - co najważniejsze - wciąż sprawnie funkcjonującym przemysłem obronnym nie tylko do prowadzenia wojny, ale również równoległego rozwijania swojego potencjału obronnego. Zakończenie konfliktu w Ukrainie znacznie ułatwi jej rozbudowę swoich sił zbrojnych i może czas wskazany przez gen. Breuera znacznie skrócić - podkreślił.
Dodał, że wojnę z Rosją powinniśmy postrzegać jako realne zagrożenie. - Dla mnie najważniejsze pytanie jest inne. Czy i kiedy zdołamy zbudować system odporności państwa oraz zdolności Sił Zbrojnych do długotrwałego niwelowania tego zagrożenia.
To, czy i kiedy wojna wybuchnie, w pewnym sensie zależy od nas.
Atakowanie państwa dobrze przygotowanego do obrony, którego społeczeństwo stanie do walki, jest olbrzymim ryzykiem. Agresja zawsze karmi się słabościami - mówił.
Polsce grozi wojna z Rosją? Trzeba patrzeć na trzy aspekty
Gen. Wiesław Kukuła, wskazał, że podejście Rosji do potencjalnej wojny definiują trzy wektory:
• intencji,
• siły,
• możliwości.
Intencje Federacji Rosyjskiej są doskonale komunikowane przez samego prezydenta Putina, jak również ministra spraw zagranicznych Ławrowa. W sposób otwarty od drugiej połowy 2021 r. Nic tutaj nie uległo zmianie - powiedział.
Jak zaznaczył, wektor siły mocno osłabiły opór Ukrainy oraz solidarność międzynarodowa. - Ale Rosja konsekwentnie go odbudowuje. Plan rozbudowy sił zbrojnych do 1,5 mln żołnierzy w państwie, które dysponuje arsenałem odstraszania nuklearnego, jest bardzo czytelnym sygnałem, do czego mają być wykorzystane te zasoby.
Szczególnie po wnioskach z Ukrainy, gdzie nie doszacowano liczby żołnierzy zaangażowanych w agresję,
zwłaszcza na jej początkowym etapie - ocenił generał w rozmowie z "Rz".
Wektorem możliwości mogą być np. wojna na Pacyfiku, silnie angażująca USA, czy też utrata spójności przez NATO. - Do tych trzech kierunków dodam jeszcze jeden - nie zawsze rozumiany przez wszystkich w NATO.
Wektor nieprzewidywalności.
Rosja jest nieprzewidywalna i nasze kalkulacje związane z odstraszaniem mogą trafiać w próżnię, jeśli nie będzie ono zrozumiałe - wyjaśnił.
P.S.
А.п. напоминает Уважаемым коллегам, что в связи с тем, что провайдер села обитания а.п., принял решение улучшить качество своей работы(что само по себе обнадёживает), начиная с 14 ноября сего года, все публикации а.п. (в разделах «примечания и дополнения», «фанаты и жизнь», «варвар и еретик», и «дураки и дороги»), будут происходить нерегулярно, случайным, можно даже сказать, возможным образом.
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С интересом и понятными ожиданиями, Dimitriy.
Biden's decision to allow strikes deep inside Russia will 'enrage' Putin and could spark 'broader war', former US colonel warns amid fears ATACMS greenlight will trigger 'spiral of bloodshed' before Trump takes over
Biden's decision, which signals a dramatic U-turn in US policy, comes as Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting to gain as much territory as possible ahead of Trump's return to the Oval Office amid fears the president-elect may seek to force a ceasefire. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has long pressed his Western allies to allow his country to strike military targets deeper inside Russia, saying the ban had made it impossible for Kyiv to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids. But Kyiv's Western backers had resisted his pleas amid fears that doing so would cross a 'red line' set by Putin. In September the Russian President said that he would consider Western nations 'direct participants' in the war in Ukraine if they were to provide Kyiv with the ability to strike targets inside Russia. He has also suggested he may provide Russian missiles to Western adversaries to strike Western targets abroad as a course of retaliation.
US President Joe Biden's decision to give Ukraine the green light to blast targets inside Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles may trigger a broader war and lead to yet more bloodshed, former American military chiefs and analysts warn.
Retired Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis warned yesterday that allowing Kyiv to use America's ATACMS rockets even in a limited capacity would 'enrage Putin and likely broaden the war' just weeks before Donald Trump arrives in the White House.
'I feel it's going to enrage Putin, which is problematic... ATACMS are not going to make a major difference quite frankly, but what it will do is put Mr. Trump as he assumes the presidency in a much worse situation.
'What we don't need at this late hour is the Biden administration exacerbating a pretty bad situation,' he told Fox News.
Biden's decision, which signals a dramatic U-turn in US policy, comes as Russian and Ukrainian forces are fighting to gain as much territory as possible ahead of Trump's return to the Oval Office amid fears the president-elect may seek to force a ceasefire.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has long pressed his Western allies to allow his country to strike military targets deeper inside Russia, saying the ban had made it impossible for Kyiv to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.
But Kyiv's Western backers had resisted his pleas amid fears that doing so would cross a 'red line' set by Putin.
In September the Russian President said that he would consider Western nations 'direct participants' in the war in Ukraine if they were to provide Kyiv with the ability to strike targets inside Russia.
He has also suggested he may provide Russian missiles to Western adversaries to strike Western targets abroad as a course of retaliation.
Chris Pleasance, Host of MailOnline's War On Tape YouTube series, said: 'Biden's decision is designed to help the Ukrainians hold their ground and inflict even heavier casualties on Putin's army.
'This may well lead to a spiral of bloodshed on both sides before Trump takes over and tries to enforce a peace. Whether either side will be willing to negotiate after so much blood has been spilled remains to be seen.'
Biden's decision has not been confirmed by the White House but has been widely reported in the US, while Zelensky added: 'Such things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves.'
Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, according to several sources, with the first deep strikes likely to be carried out using ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles, or 300km.
For now, it is believed Ukraine's Armed Forces will be able to use ATACMS rockets to strike targets in the Kursk region, where Vladimir Putin is said to be amassing some 50,000 soldiers, including troops from North Korea, to repel a Ukrainian incursion.
It remains to be seen whether Britain and France will follow suit by allowing Kyiv's troops to attack Russian targets with Storm Shadow and SCALP long-range missiles, which have an operational range of around 155 miles.
But were Ukraine's Western allies to lift the ban entirely, Kyiv's soldiers would be able to strike hundreds of prized Russian military and logistics assets deep inside Russia at any point along the 800-mile-long front line.
The Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a US think-tank, has established a list of nearly 250 high value military and paramilitary targets within range of the weapons that could be demolished by Ukraine.
Among the main targets that the ISW assesses Ukraine may seek to strike include as many as 16 Russian air bases, a slew of brigade and division headquarters, artillery and missile units central to Russia's air defence capabilities, and a variety of logistics hubs supplying Vladimir Putin's units on the frontlines.
Targeting these sites could cripple Russian logistics, command, and combat support, significantly reducing Moscow's offensive capabilities in occupied Ukrainian territory - even if Putin's troops redeploy most strategic bombing aircraft further east.
The overall supply of ATACMS missiles is short, so US officials and analysts have questioned whether allowing Ukraine to use the weapons systems is really worth it given the potential consequences that could ensue.
Jennifer Kavanagh, Director of Military Analysis at the Defense Priorities think tank, said: 'Expanding Ukraine's ability to launch offensive strikes with Western weapons inside Russia will not alter the trajectory of the war or help Kyiv gain an advantage against a better equipped and more resilient adversary.
'Any escalation could reverberate on Ukraine itself. With the Biden administration on its way out and the incoming Trump administration indicating an intention to end the war, Putin has little incentive to act with restraint in his retaliation toward Kyiv.'
But proponents of the policy say that even a few strikes deeper inside Russia would force its military to change deployments and expend more of its resources.
George Barros, leader of the Russia team and GEOINT team at ISW that compiled the list of targets, sought to highlight the way in which ATACMS could impact Putin's troops and campaigned for the Biden administration to allow strikes beyond Kursk as a result.
'Reminder that there are hundreds of valid, legal, legitimate, and operationally consequential military targets in range of Ukrainian ATACMS,' he wrote.
'The Biden Administration's shift to allow ATACMS use in Russia is a good thing, but it must extend beyond Kursk Oblast.'
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Ukraine has already authored several attacks deep into Russia, including on targets in the capital Moscow, a number of oil refineries and ammunition dumps.
But those strikes have been conducted by kamikaze drones which are considerably limited in their scale and are highly susceptible to Russian jamming and air defence systems.
Ukraine's Western allies earlier this year delivered the first tranche of F-16 fighter jets, but these aircraft remain subject to restrictions and can only be used in a limited capacity, for example, to conduct air defence missions or support operations on Ukrainian soil.
Zelensky has been pleading with Kyiv's allies for months to take their support a step further by letting Ukraine fire Western missiles to limit Moscow's ability to launch attacks across the border.
Those weapons have already been used to great effect in Russian-occupied Ukraine and in Crimea.
Putin has long warned that Moscow would consider Ukraine's Western allies directly party to the conflict if their weapons are used by Kyiv's troops to strike targets on Russian soil, setting out a series of red lines that Western leaders appear reluctant to test.
In June, he issued a thinly veiled threat saying he would consider providing Western foes with Russian missiles to strike the West's assets if the US or European nations went ahead with allowing Ukraine to hit Russia with ATACMS or Storm Shadow missiles.
'If someone is thinking it is possible to supply such weapons to a war zone to strike our territory and create problems for us, why can't we supply our weapons of the same class to those regions around the world where they will target sensitive facilities of the countries that are doing this to Russia?' he said.
Though it seems the US has finally budged on letting Ukraine use its long-range missiles on specific targets in Russia, it remains to be seen whether the rest of Kyiv's Western partners will follow suit.
Downing Street is yet to issue a response to Biden's decision, which has not been officially announced but has been widely reported in the US.
But Sir Keir Starmer said 'we need to double down' on support for Ukraine and the issue was 'top' of his agenda at this week's G20 summit of world leaders in Brazil.
Unconfirmed reports from Le Figaro indicated both London and Paris were considering their position after months of having refused Zelensky's pleas to use the fearsome munitions on Russian targets.
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The decision to green light the use of ATACMS on Russian targets comes as Ukrainian defences wilt under incessant pressure from Moscow's troops.
As if to prove its enduring military capabilities, Ukraine shocked Moscow in August by piercing its border with tens of thousands of troops that Russia is still fighting to repel.
Zelensky said the operation made a mockery of Putin's 'red lines' and used the move as yet more evidence to lobby the US and European lawmakers to grant Kyiv permission to use advanced Western weapons inside Russia.
But after making rapid progress in the first two weeks of the incursion, Ukrainian advances in Kursk stalled and Kyiv's troops have since been desperately trying to hold their position.
Meanwhile in Eastern Ukraine, Russia's forces are steadily grinding towards the logistics hub of Pokrovsk having taken large swathes of territory in the Donetsk region in recent months.
Putin's army took 185 square miles of Ukrainian territory in October, a record since the first weeks of the conflict in March 2022, according to an analysis of data provided by the real-time conflict tracker from the Institute for the Study of War.
Now, with Trump set to return to the White House in a matter of weeks, the intensity of the conflict is likely to increase.
Trump has famously said that the Russia-Ukraine war would never have started had he been president and claimed he could bring the conflict to an abrupt halt - without ever revealing his plans for doing so.
There are mounting concerns that Trump could push for a hasty ceasefire requiring Ukraine to cede significant portions of its territory - a prospect that leaves both sides fighting to capture as much land as possible so as to strengthen their position ahead of negotiations.
Biden's decision to grant Ukraine the use of ATACMS in Kursk could therefore be seen as an additional buttress that aims to help Kyiv's troops maintain their foothold in Kursk to present it as a bargaining chip.
Putin said on day one of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 that anyone who tried to hinder or threaten it would suffer 'consequences that you have never faced in your history'.
Since then, he has issued a series of further statements that the West regards as nuclear threats and announced the deployment of Russian tactical nuclear weapons in Belarus.
Vyacheslav Volodin, the chairman of Russia's lower house of parliament and a close ally of President Putin, said Moscow would be forced to use 'more powerful and destructive weapons' against Ukraine if Kyiv started firing long-range Western missiles at Russia.
'Washington and other European states are becoming parties to the war in Ukraine,' Volodin said on Telegram.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters in September that Moscow suspects a US decision to let Kyiv fire such missiles into Russia has already been taken, and vowed that the Kremlin would take 'an appropriate response' if the missile ban is lifted.
It was unsurprising therefore that news of the Biden administration's decision to approve ATACMS use in Kursk heralded a torrent of apocalyptic warnings from Russian lawmakers this morning.
'This is a very big step towards the beginning of the Third World War,' said Putin-loyalist Vladimir Dzhabarov, deputy chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the upper house and a retired security service general.
He slammed the move from Biden - 'a departing old man who will no longer be responsible for anything in two months'.
Hardline Liberal-Democatic party leader Leonid Slutsky said: 'Biden has apparently decided to end his presidential term and go down in history as Bloody Joe.
'It will mean only one thing - direct US participation in the military conflict in Ukraine, which will inevitably entail the harshest response from Russia, based on the threats that will be created for our country.'
Russian senator Andrey Klishas said: 'The West has decided on a level of escalation that could end with the remnants of Ukraine completely losing their statehood.'
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This is a very big step towards the start of World War Three, says furious Putin official as Biden lets Ukraine strike inside Russia before Trump becomes President
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Senior Russian politicians have declared President Joe Biden has taken a 'big step towards World War Three' after his administration reportedly gave the green light for Ukraine to blast targets inside Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles.
The decision, which came on the eve of the 1000th day of war in Ukraine amid the dying days of the Biden administration, heralded a torrent of apocalyptic warnings from Russian lawmakers.
'This is a very big step towards the beginning of the Third World War,' said Putin-loyalist Vladimir Dzhabarov, deputy chairman of the foreign affairs committee of the upper house and a retired security service general.
He slammed the move from Biden - 'a departing old man who will no longer be responsible for anything in two months'.
Hardline Liberal-Democatic party leader Leonid Slutsky said: 'Biden has apparently decided to end his presidential term and go down in history as Bloody Joe.
'It will mean only one thing - direct US participation in the military conflict in Ukraine, which will inevitably entail the harshest response from Russia, based on the threats that will be created for our country.'
Russian senator Andrey Klishas said: 'The West has decided on a level of escalation that could end with the remnants of Ukraine completely losing their statehood.'
Putin himself is yet to respond to the major change in Western policy.
But in October, he warned that long-range missile strikes on his territory would mean the West was 'at war with Russia' because only NATO specialists - and not Ukrainians - could fix these missiles onto their targets.
'If this is the case, then, bearing in mind the change in the very essence of this conflict, we will make appropriate decisions based on the threats that will be posed to us,' Putin said.
The Biden administration reportedly gave the green light for Ukraine to blast targets inside Russia with US-supplied long-range missiles
Biden is set to leave office in a matter of weeks
The decision, which came on the eve of the 1000th day of war in Ukraine amid the dying days of the Biden administration, heralded a torrent of apocalyptic warnings from Russian lawmakers
One Russian official urged Britain and France to refuse to follow the Biden administration's tack by allowing Ukraine to deploy Storm Shadow and SCALP long-range missiles in Russia.
Unconfirmed reports from Le Figaro indicated both London and Paris were considering their position after months of having refused Zelensky's pleas to use the fearsome munitions on Russian targets.
Senior Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov, the Kremlin's permanent representative to international organisations in Vienna, said: 'They have a chance to reconsider their position if they are truly concerned about European security.
'There is no longer room for primitive political games.'
Downing Street is yet to issue a response to Biden's decision, which has not been officially announced but has been widely reported in the US.
But Sir Keir Starmer said 'we need to double down' on support for Ukraine and the issue was 'top' of his agenda at this week's G20 summit of world leaders in Brazil.
Biden will be at the gathering, while Russia will be represented by foreign minister Sergei Lavrov.
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In the US, Biden's move riled supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, who pledged to limit American support for Ukraine and end the war as soon as possible.
Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr, posted on X after Biden's decision was announced, saying that 'the military industrial complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives'.
David Sacks, a tech millionaire who was a major donor for Trump's presidential campaigner, added that Biden permitting Ukraine to use US-supplied missiles in Russia would 'massively escalate' the situation.
'President Trump won a clear mandate to end the war in Ukraine. So what does Biden do in his final two months in office? Massively escalate it. Is his goal to hand Trump the worst situation possible?' Sacks said.
Ukraine plans to conduct its first long-range attacks in the coming days, according to several sources. The first deep strikes are reportedly likely to be carried out using ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky noted that the reports about Biden's policy change - which reportedly would authorise the use of Western missiles to strike targets in the Kursk region only - had not been openly confirmed by the White House but said the 'missiles will speak for themselves'.
Zelensky had been pressing Biden for months to allow his country to strike military targets deeper inside Russia with US-supplied missiles, saying the ban had made it impossible for Kyiv to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.
Trump's oldest son, Donald Trump Jr (right), posted on X after Biden's decision was announced, saying that 'the military industrial complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives'
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In this photo taken from a video released by Russian Defense Ministry press service on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the Russian army's multiple rocket launcher Solntsepyok fires towards Ukrainian positions in the border area of Kursk region, Russia
Firefighters work at the site of residential area hit by a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Lviv region, Ukraine November 17, 2024
Former senior NATO official Nicholas Williams called the decision to allow Ukraine to fire US-supplied missiles into Russia 'significant in terms of the end game'.
'It is significant. The Ukrainians may say it's too little too late but it's not too late to affect the end game,' he told Sky News.
Williams also said the decision was important for 'positioning Ukraine to not make the significant concessions which Russia wants in order to get peace'.
The weapons are likely to be used in response to North Korea's decision to send thousands of troops to Russia in support of Putin's invasion of Ukraine, according to sources.
Around 10,000 soldiers from the pariah state have joined the fight to reclaim Kursk, parts of which Ukraine seized in a daring counter offensive in August.
Biden hopes that this response will 'send a message' to Kim Jong Un not to send any more, sources said.
US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in September
File image of a US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) firing a missile into the East Sea during a South Korea-US joint missile drill
A firefighter tackles a blaze in Mykolaiv following the drone strike, which killed two people overnight
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Biden had remained opposed until now, determined to hold the line against any escalation that he felt could draw the US and other NATO members into direct conflict with Russia.
But North Korea has deployed thousands of troops to Russia to help Moscow try to claw back land in the Kursk border region that Ukraine seized this year, which could have contributed to Biden changing his mind.
The introduction of North Korean troops to the conflict comes as Moscow has seen a favorable shift in momentum. Trump has signaled that he could push Ukraine to agree to give up some land seized by Russia to find an end to the conflict.
As many as 12,000 North Korean troops have been sent to Russia, according to US, South Korean and Ukrainian assessments.
US and South Korean intelligence officials say North Korea also has provided Russia with significant amounts of munitions to replenish its dwindling weapons stockpiles.
It is not clear if Trump will reverse Biden's decision when he takes office in January.
US officials briefed the New York Times on Biden's move in the wake of one of Russia's biggest aerial bombardments of Ukraine in the war on Saturday night.
NATO was forced to scramble the Polish and Romanian air force as over 200 missiles and drones aimed to wipe out their eastern neighbour's energy grid, causing blackouts across the country.
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On Saturday night, Putin launched a devastating salvo of 120 cruise and ballistic missiles as well as 90 drones that killed at least 10.
Terrified Ukrainian civilians were seen cowering in bomb shelters in Kyiv as while air defences shot down dozens of missiles 'severe damage' was inflicted on the power grid.
The country's energy operator DTEK announced emergency power cuts at around 7am UK time on Sunday morning affecting the Kyiv, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions following overnight drone strikes.
It said shortly thereafter thermal power plants had been struck by Putin's latest fusillade. The level of damage was not immediately clear.
Air defences were deployed overnight to intercept drones in Kyiv as residents were urged to take cover, while missiles bound for the west of the stricken country prompted NATO to send out its warplanes to assist.
'Due to the massive attack by the Russian Federation using cruise missiles, ballistic missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles on objects located, among others, in western Ukraine, Polish and allied [NATO] aircraft have begun operating in our airspace,' the Polish operational command said in a statement.
'On-duty fighter pairs were scrambled, and the ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems reached the highest state of readiness. The steps taken are aimed at ensuring safety in areas bordering the threatened areas.'
The ferocious overnight attack came 24 hours after German Chancellor Olaf Scholz extended an olive branch to Putin for the first time since his illegal invasion.
He called the dictator on Friday in an attempt to open a dialogue on peace plans after Trump was swept to power in the US promising to end the war.
Trump is also reported to have held a call with Putin where he told him not to escalate the conflict - though the Kremlin denies this.
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Polish PM Donald Tusk took aim at Scholz and Trump, tweeting on Sunday: 'No-one will stop Putin with phone calls.
'The attack last night, one of the biggest in this war, has proved that telephone diplomacy cannot replace real support from the whole West for Ukraine.
'The next weeks will be decisive, not only for the war itself, but also for our future.'
Starmer said he had 'no plans' to speak to Putin, urging 'full support as long as it takes' as he headed to a meeting of G20 leaders in Rio.
The Prime Minister told reporters: 'It's a matter for Chancellor Scholz who he speaks to. I have no plans to speak to Putin. We are coming up to the 1,000th day of this conflict on Tuesday.
'That's 1,000 days of Russian aggression, 1,000 days of huge impact and sacrifice in relation to the Ukrainian people and recently we've seen the addition of North Korean troops working with Russians which does have serious implications.
'I think on one hand it shows the desperation of Russia, bit it's got serious implications for European security [...] and for Indo-Pacific security and that's why I think we need to double down on shoring up our support for Ukraine and that's top of my agenda for the G20.
'There's got to be full support as long as it takes and that certainly is top of my agenda, shoring up that further support for Ukraine.'
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