MenuA massive attack by Russia against the Ukrainian energy infrastructure on Sunday, November 17th may have caused the Biden Administration to green-light Ukraine’s use of the U.S. ATACMS long-range missiles. Ukraine took parts of the Kursk region during its 2024 summer offensive and is struggling to hold on in the region as some 50,000 Russian forces, bolstered by North Korean troops, fight to regain control. Biden’s OK, long awaited by Kyiv, was followed by green lights from the French and British for use of their SCALP/Storm Shadow missiles, with a range of 250 km. Yet, most military experts and analysts doubt that the addition of these long-range systems into the battle for Kursk will bring a decisive turn in the ongoing war, let alone a Ukrainian victory.
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