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

(18 Nov 2024)
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 18 November 2024
1. US President Joe Biden’s motorcade in Rio de Janeiro
2. Biden arriving at summit conference room and taking his seat
3. SOUNDBITE (English) Aamer Madhani, White House Reporter for the Associated Press:
“President Joe Biden has decided to loosen restrictions on how Ukraine can use American-provided long-range weapons against Russia. This comes at a really critical point in the war. Right now, about 10-12,000 North Korean troops have joined the Russian fight against Ukraine in the Kursk region of Russia. Now, Ukrainians have been begging for this loosening of restrictions for quite some time, but Biden has been reluctant because he is afraid of escalating the war against Russia. Already, the Russians have said that this move, which the White House hasn’t confirmed publicly, would be like throwing oil on fire. But right now is an important time, with just 60 days left in the administration, Biden has been trying to throw everything he can to help the Ukrainians in this war because he doesn’t know what comes next with the Donald Trump administration."
4. Biden chatting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
5. Biden next to French President Emmanuel Macron and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken behind
6. Various of G20 Summit venue
STORYLINE:
US President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use U.S.-supplied missiles to strike deeper inside Russia, easing limitations on the longer range weapons as Russia deploys thousands of North Korean troops to reinforce its war, according to a U.S. official and three other people familiar with the matter.
The decision allowing Kyiv to use the Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs, for attacks farther inside Russia comes as President Vladimir Putin positions North Korean troops along Ukraine's northern border to try to reclaim hundreds of miles of territory seized by Ukrainian forces.
Biden's move also follows the presidential election victory of Donald Trump, who has said he would bring about a swift end to the war and raised uncertainty about whether his administration would continue the United States' vital military support for Ukraine.
The official and the others knowledgeable about the matter were not authorized to discuss the U.S. decision publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's reaction Sunday was notably restrained.
“Strikes are not made with words," he said during his nightly video address. “Such things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves.”
Zelenskyy and many of his Western supporters have been pressing Biden for months to allow Ukraine to strike military targets deeper inside Russia with Western-supplied missiles, saying the U.S. ban had made it impossible for Ukraine to try to stop Russian attacks on its cities and electrical grids.
Zelenskyy's statement came shortly after he posted a message of condolence on Telegram following a Russian attack on a nine-story building that killed at least eight people in the northern city of Sumy, 40 kilometers (24 miles) from the border with Russia.
Russia also launched a massive drone and missile attack, described by officials as the largest in recent months, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians. The attack came as fears are mounting about Moscow’s intentions to devastate Ukraine’s power generation capacity before the winter.
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