“Kirby refused to comment on the use of these missiles by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, advising to ask such questions to official Kyiv”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“Now they are (ZSU – ed.) can use ATACMS to protect themselves in an emergency. And now, of course, this is happening in the Kursk region, in the Kursk region,” said a representative of the US administration.
He publicly confirmed that “the US position on this matter has changed, and now the Ukrainian military can use missiles to hit military-type targets.”
At the same time, Kirby refused to comment on the use of these missiles by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, advising to ask such questions to official Kyiv.
The Guardian, Bloomberg, BBC News and other media, citing sources, reported that on November 20, Ukraine first used British long-range Storm Shadow missiles to strike targets on the territory of Russia. Missile fragments were found in the village of Maryino, Kursk region.
The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported that on the night of November 19, the Armed Forces struck a military facility in the Bryansk region with six long-range ATACMS missiles. Shortly before that, it became known that the administration of Joe Biden allowed Ukraine to use these missiles with a target on the territory of Russia. In addition, according to The Times, high-ranking sources in the British government said that the US restrictions on the use of Storm Shadow missiles by Ukraine to strike Russia have been lifted.