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Vladimir Putin warned the decision to allow US long-range missiles to strike targets deep within Russia would be an act of war
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Joe Biden<\/a> has authorised Ukraine\u2019s use of long-range missiles<\/a> to strike hundreds of miles inside Russia<\/a> for the first time, according to reports.
The decision is a major US policy shift and comes after Russia warned that Moscow would see the move to allow the use of US-made missiles \u201cas a major escalation\u201d.
With Biden leaving office in two months President-elect Donald Trump<\/a> has pledged to limit American support for Ukraine<\/a> and end the war as soon as possible.
In September Vladimir Putin warned the decision would be an act of war back when reports emerged that Joe Biden was \u201cworking out\u201d the possibility of US long-range missiles being used inside Russia.
It came as a \u201cmassive\u201d Russian missile attack,<\/a><\/a>dubbed the largest air attack on Ukraine in months, has killed at least seven people and injured at least 19, according to Ukrainian officials.
The strikes targeted vital energy infrastructure as temperatures hit sub-zero<\/a> in the war-torn country.
North Korea has supplied Russia with long-range rockets and artillery systems, Ukrainian intelligence assessment has found, amid reports of Pyongyang deploying 12,000 of its soldiers to Moscow to fight against Ukraine.
Pyongyang has provided 50 domestically produced 170mm M1989 self-propelled howitzers and 20 updated 240mm multiple launch rocket systems, Financial Times<\/em> reported citing the assessment.
Some of the weapons have been moved to the border region of Kursk where Moscow has deployed 50,000 Russian and North Korean soldiers to retake the territory from Ukrainian troops. The Russian forces are facing difficulty in pushing back Ukraine\u2019s cross-border incursion launched on 6 August.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that \u201cmissiles speak for themselves\u201d and \u201csuch things are not announced\u201d, after reports that Washington had granted Kyiv permission to conduct strikes deeper into Russia with US-made missiles.
Zelensky has been calling for the US and UK to agree to allow them to strike infrastructure such as airfields that contribute to the barrages of missiles and drones that strike across Ukraine on a near-daily basis.
Washington\u2019s decision to let Ukraine strike deep into Russia with long-range US missiles could lead to World War Three and will receive a swift response, Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy head of the Russian upper house\u2019s international affairs committee, said on Sunday, according to the TASS news agency.
Two U.S. officials and a source familiar with the decision revealed the significant reversal of Washington\u2019s policy in the Ukraine-Russia conflict earlier on Sunday.
Sir Keir Starmer has \u201cno plans\u201d to speak to Russian President Vladimir Putin as he said \u201cwe need to double down\u201d on support for Ukraine with the conflict approaching its 1,000th day.
The Prime Minister pledged that Ukraine was \u201ctop\u201d of his agenda at this week\u2019s G20 summit of world leaders and told reporters that \u201cthere\u2019s got to be full support as long as it takes\u201d.
There has been concern about the level of support the US may continue to give Ukraine when President-elect Donald Trump returns to the White House in January.
Earlier this week, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz spoke to Mr Putin on what was the Russian leader\u2019s first publicly announced conversation with the sitting head of a major western power in nearly two years.
Asked if he had any plans to make a similar call, Sir Keir said: \u201cIt\u2019s a matter for Chancellor Scholz who he speaks to. I have no plans to speak to Putin.\u201d
The West should not back down from supporting Ukraine<\/a> with long-range missiles<\/a> despite Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s fresh threats of possible war with Nato<\/a>, Kremlin critics, military leaders and Ukrainian officials previously told<\/a>The Independent<\/em>.
Prominent Putin critic Sir Bill Browder told The Independent<\/em>: \u201c[Putin\u2019s] psychology is one where he\u2019s provoked by weakness, not by strength, and the only way to deal with Russia is to put a boot on the throat.
\u201cThis is all bluster, as far as I can see. Good luck to him if he wants to go to war with Nato. He would lose that war in a matter of days.\u201d
Military leaders, Ukrainian officials and Putin critics are among those to tell Andy Gregory and Askold Krushelnycky that the West cannot buckle in support of Kyiv. But the risk involved mean his threats cannot be completely ignored
Vladimir Putin warned it would be an act of war back in September when reports emerged that Joe Biden was considering \u201cworking out\u201d the possibility of US long-range missiles being used inside Russia. He told state media: \u201cIt would mean that Nato countries, the US, European countries, are at war with Russia.
\u201cIf that\u2019s the case, then taking into account the change of nature of the conflict, we will take the appropriate decisions based on the threats that we will face.\u201d
The first deep strikes are likely to be carried out using Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) rockets, which have a range of up to 190 miles (306 km), according to the sources.
ATACMS are a long-range guided missile that gives operational commanders the \u201cimmediate firepower to win the deep battle\u201d.
Produced by US global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin, the missiles carry a 500lb (227kg) class blast fragmentation warhead.
The weapons are fitted with a specialised GPS system and have a maximum range of 300km (around 190 miles) \u2013 though the ones supplied to Ukraine have a shorter range and carry cluster munitions.
When fired, the clusters open in the air, releasing hundreds of bomblets rather than a single warhead.
The other missile being touted the British\/French made Storm Shadow\/SCALP-EG missile has a much longer estimated range of up to 550 km (340miles).
Leaders of the major democracies in the G7 repeated their pledge on Saturday to impose severe consequences on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
The consequences will include sanctions, export controls and other measures, the G7 said. The group will continue supporting Ukraine for as long as necessary, it added.
\u201cRussia remains the sole obstacle to just and lasting peace,\u201d it said in a statement on Saturday. The statement was adopted \u201cin support of Kyiv as the thousandth day of Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine approaches.\u201d
\u201cThe G7 confirms its commitment to imposing severe costs on Russia through sanctions, export controls and other effective measures. We stand united with Ukraine,\u201d the statement added.
Italy currently holds the 2024 rotating presidency of the G7. Other member states include United States, Canada, Japan, France, Germany and Britain.
Joe Biden<\/a> has authorised Ukraine\u2019s use of long-range missiles<\/a> to strike hundreds of miles inside Russia<\/a> for the first time, according to reports.
The decision is a major US policy shift and comes after Russia warned that Moscow would see the move to allow the use of US-made missiles \u201cas a major escalation\u201d.
With Biden leaving office in two months President-elect Donald Trump<\/a> has pledged to limit American support for Ukraine<\/a> and end the war as soon as possible.
The move by the United States comes two months before President-elect Donald Trump takes office
Prominent Russian opposition figures have led a march of at least 1,000 people in central Berlin, criticising Russian President Vladimir Putin and his war in\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0and calling for democracy in Russia.
Behind a banner that read \u201cNo Putin, No War\u201d, the protesters were led by Yulia Navalnaya, the widow of top Putin critic Alexei Navalny, as well as Ilya Yashin and Vladimir Kara-Murza, who were freed from Russian detention in a high-profile prisoner exchange this summer.
Shouting \u201cRussia without Putin\u201d and other chants in Russian, the demonstrators held up signs with a wide array of messages on a red background, including \u201cPutin = War\u201d and \u201cPutin is a murderer\u201d in German.
Some marched with the flags of Russia or\u00a0Ukraine, as well as a white-blue-white flag used by some Russian opposition groups.
Organisers said the march began near Potsdamer Platz and went through the Brandenburg Gate and Checkpoint Charlie and was expected to end outside the Russian embassy.
\u201cThe march demands the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from\u00a0Ukraine, the trial of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal, and the release of all political prisoners in Russia,\u201d the protesters said in a statement.
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