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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Pjotr Sauer and Dan Sabbagh in Kyiv

Kremlin says Biden is ‘fuelling fire’ of Ukraine conflict with missiles decision

An Atacms system firing a missile during a live-fire exercise in South Korea
Atacms weapons systems could be used to support Ukrainian forces in Kursk, Russia. Photograph: South Korean defence ministry/AFP/Getty Images

The Kremlin has accused Joe Biden’s outgoing US administration of wanting to escalate the conflict in Ukraine by allowing Kyiv to use long-range missiles for strikes inside Russia, vowing an “appropriate and palpable” response.

The decision, first reported on Sunday, to allow Ukraine to conduct strikes with US-made weapons deep into sovereign Russian territory has not been formally announced by the White House, but a German government spokesperson said on Monday that Berlin had been informed.

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