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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Nimo Omer

Tuesday briefing: Will a shift in Biden’s missile policy change the war in Ukraine?

A picture of live fire testing in the US. The country has lifted a ban on selling long-range missiles to Ukraine.
The Ukraine can now fire US-made long-range missiles into Russian territory. Photograph: John Hamilton/AP

Good morning.

The US president, Joe Biden, has lifted the longstanding ban on Ukraine using American-made long-range missiles to fire into Russian territory. The Biden administration secretly first sent the army tactical missile systems, or Atacms, to Ukraine earlier this year under the stipulation that Ukraine would not use it inside Russia. That has now changed, and the US has given Kyiv the green light after reports emerged that 10,000 North Korean troops were in Ukraine.

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