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We've seen over recent weeks a significant change in the action and in the rhetoric on Ukraine,
UK Defence Secretary John Healey said in Parliament No matter what Putin says, he doesn't want peace and is not ready to negotiate it,
French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters en route to the Group of 20 summit in Brazil The strike will, as always, be unexpected and effective,
said former deputy defense minister Kartapolov to Russian reporters The [Russian] president has repeatedly said that any option of freezing the conflict won’t work for us,
Peskov told Russian media on Wednesday The Biden administration is on its way out, and we have President-elect Donald Trump coming into office, who has criticised US military aid to Ukraine and has also said he would end this war in a matter of days,
So what the US administration wants is to put Ukraine in a very strong position to at least slow down some Russian advances so that when there are negotiations, Ukraine is put in a more advantageous position than what it is now,
The enemy, unable to subdue Ukrainians by force, resorts to measures of intimidation and psychological pressure on society. We ask you to be vigilant and steadfast,
We as a nation and government are doubling down on our support for Ukraine"
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said Kyiv’s Main Directorate of Intelligence We are not going [into] detail but we are just saying that we are capable and able to respond,
At this point I’m not able to get into any further operational details,
I've been doubling down in my clear message that we need to ensure Ukraine has what is needed for as long as needed to win this war against Putin
When quizzed on letting Ukraine use the UK-made missiles, the PM said This is, of course, a signal that they want to escalate. We will be taking this as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia. And we will react accordingly,
Russia also issued a warning to Ukraine regarding its use of ATACMS, and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said ... Al Jazeera reported On his way out of office, Joe Biden is dangerously trying to start WWIII by authorizing Ukraine the use of U.S. long range missiles into Russia. The American people gave a mandate on Nov 5th against these exact America last decisions and do NOT want to fund or fight foreign wars. We want to fix our own problems. Enough of this, it must stop."
On X, formerly Twitter, Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene wrote If such a decision was really formulated and announced to the Kyiv regime, then of course it's a qualitatively new spiral of tensions and a qualitatively new situation from the point of view of the U.S.'s engagement in the conflict."
[Russian President Vladimir] Putin and [Foreign Minister Sergey] Lavrov have been explicit—and correct [on the subject]. US/NATO satellite feeds and/or personnel are needed to fire these missiles; therefore, NATO has entered the war. So, Russia has every right under international law to attack NATO targets now."
The DoD has no comment on remarks supposedly made by a private citizen to a Russian news outlet."
In response to a request for comment, the Pentagon said The Military Industrial Complex seems to want to make sure they get World War 3 going before my father has a chance to create peace and save lives. Gotta lock in those $Trillions. Life be damned!!! Imbeciles!"
Donald Trump Jr. also condemned Biden's decision, writing on X Ukraine’s action on the battlefield speaks for itself,
Defence Secretary John Healey told MPs in parliament today We’re going to continue to monitor, but we don’t have any indications that Russia is preparing to use a nuclear weapon within Ukraine,
said Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh
