Putin’s forces in Russia will finally face long range missiles. Ukraine has to hit them hard and fast
The IndependentJoe Biden has finally relented in allowing Ukraine to use US-supplied long-range missiles to strike inside Russia – and it would be a surprise if the UK did not follow suit. According to US officials, the first time the American weapons will be used inside Russia will likely be against Russian and North Korean troops seeking to push back Ukrainian troops from the Russian border region of Kursk – where Kyiv’s forces launched a daring assault in August that claimed a swathe of territory. open image in gallery Firing ATACMS ballistic missiles into Russia will not be a war-winning development for Ukraine That will be the short-term military gain, with hope that long-range strikes will help slow supplies to those troops and give Ukraine a chance of holding onto the territory as long as they can, while ensuring that Russia can’t launch its own assaults from that area of the border. Kyiv has also been desperate for long-range missiles to strike airfields deep inside Russia that have been used as launchpads for the intensive aerial bombardment of Ukraine.