The president of the United States, Joe Bidentwo months after his departure from the White Houseauthorized Ukraine to use American long range missiles against military targets Russia, hours after a Russian bombing against the Ukrainian electricity grid that left at least 11 dead and forced power outages for this Monday.
The news was confirmed to the AFP agency by an official in Washington, who also specified that they made this decision in response to the deployment of North Korean troops to help Moscow in the war against Ukraine.
Authorized weapons They are specifically supersonic guided missiles called ATACMS. which can carry conventional or cluster warheads, and have a range of about 300 kilometers.
The measure comes at a time when concern is growing about winter in those regions of Europe.
Officials assure that Washington’s decision is also to send a signal so that Kim Jong-un do not send more troops. “This initial deployment has been a costly mistake”one of the officials warned The Washington Post.
Throughout the conflict, Biden had been adamant about not giving Ukraine American missiles to attack Russia, warning that it could trigger an escalation of the conflict by Putin. However, after the incorporation of foreign troops, the president gave in to the request for Volodimir Zelensky and handed over his weapons.
Russia and North Korea closed a military agreement
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un ratified a mutual military alliance in the face of a eventual “external attack”. So, North Korea validated a treaty to provide military assistance between both countries, within the framework of the invasion of Ukraine.
The treaty had been signed last June, when the head of the Kremlin visited Pyongyang, the North Korean capital. In recent days, Ukrainian leaders They denounced that North Korea deployed more than 10,000 soldiers in the context of the conflict with Russia.
From Russia they maintained that the pact between the two is “defensive nature and is not directed against the security of third countries.” For its part, the North Korean news agency KCNA indicated that the alliance was “ratified as a decree” on November 11 by Kim Jong Un and that it is a “comprehensive strategic collaboration” in the case of aggression against one of the parties.
Russia-Ukraine War: what could happen with the arrival of Donald Trump
Donald Trump’s recent victory in the US presidential elections reopened the debate on possible negotiations with Moscow and kyiv He fears that he will be forced to accept concessions.
Trump repeatedly criticized US aid to Ukraine and claimed that he could resolve the conflict in “24 hours,” although he did not explain what steps he would take to achieve this.
Zelensky, who had long ruled out that option, He stated on Saturday that he wanted to end the war in his country in 2025, through “diplomatic means.”
However, the Russian and Ukrainian positions remain opposite: kyiv rules out ceding occupied territories by the Russian army, but Moscow imposes this permanence as a condition for an eventual negotiation.
Source: Ambito
