FACTBOX-Shifting red lines in West's support for Ukraine now allows strikes deep into Russia


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  • Monday, 18 Nov 2024

Sun rises over Ukraine's capital during a massive Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine November 17, 2024. REUTERS/Anna Voitenko

KYIV (Reuters) - The United States will allow Ukraine to use U.S.-made weapons such as ATACMS rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306 km), to strike deep into Russia, two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision said on Sunday.

The reversal of policy, nearly 1,000 days since Russia started its full-scale invasion on Ukraine, comes largely in response to Russia's deployment of North Korean troops to supplement its forces, a development that has caused alarm in Washington and Kyiv, a U.S. official and a source familiar with the decision told Reuters.

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