The US has provided ATACMS missiles to Ukraine to enable strikes deep within Russian territory. Ukraine has already used these missiles effectively, prompting Russia to retaliate with its advanced hypersonic missiles.

The Biden administration has allowed Ukraine to use Army Tactical Missiles Systems, a long-range missile system that often carries cluster bombs.

The Russian Federation's Ministry of Defence has acknowledged that on 23 and 25 November, three ATACMS long-range missiles launched by Ukraine's Armed Forces reached their targets in Kursk Oblast. Source: Russian state-owned news agency RIA Novosti Details: RIA Novosti,

More than a million households in Ukraine were left without power after a “massive enemy attack” overnight by Russia, targeting critical energy infrastructure facilities, CNN reported. Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed on Thursday that the air assault was in response to Ukrainian strikes in Russian territory using US-made ATACMS missiles.

Russia on Wednesday warned the U.S. to stop what it said was a “spiral of escalation” over Ukraine as Washington moves to quickly supply Kyiv with more weapons as the Biden administration winds down.

White House national security spokesperson John Kirby confirmed that Ukraine had been given permission to use long-range weapons in Russia "on an immediate-need basis, and right n

President Vladimir Putin said that Wednesday night's large-scale air attack against Ukraine was Moscow's response to Kyiv's continued use of Western-supplied missiles to strike targets inside Russia.

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