Ukraine receives permission to strike inside Russia

乌克兰获准在俄罗斯境内发动袭击

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2024-11-18

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After months of asking, Ukraine has been granted permission to use long-range missiles provided by the West, to strike deep inside of Russia. Biden’s decision comes just days before a major assault is expected by Russian and North Korean troops to dislodge Ukrainian forces from Kursk.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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  • You're listening to the Briefing, first broadcast on the 18th of November, 2024 on Monocle Radio.

  • Hello and welcome to the Briefing coming to you live from Studio one here at Midori House in London.

  • I'm Emma Nelson.

  • And coming up on today's program.

  • There'S a lot of talk in the media about us receiving permission for respective actions.

  • But strikes are not carried out with words.

  • Such things are not announced.

  • Missiles will speak for themselves.

  • Volodymyr Zelensky welcomes the US Allowing Ukraine to use American long range missiles to attack Russian targets.

  • We'll examine how much this could alter Ukraine's war against Moscow and what the reaction could be from Vladimir Putin.

  • Also ahead, why a Trump administration could provide further headaches for the US Aircraft giant Boeing.

  • We'll hear about a pamphlet being sent to every Swede to prepare them for war.

  • All that plus the latest news from the art world right here on the Briefing with me, Emma Nelson.

  • The US has finally agreed to allow Ukraine to use its long range missiles to strike deep into Russian territory.

  • The decision marks a major change in White House policy which until now has held back.

  • Well, to tell us more, I'm joined now by Olga Tokaryuk, who's a Ukrainian journalist and fellow at Chatham House, and to Stephen Diel, Russia analyst and regular Monocle Radio contributor.

  • Good afternoon to you both.

  • Good afternoon.

  • Olga, if we could begin with you, could you just outline what kind of weapons the Ukrainian military now has at its disposal thanks to this decision by the White House?

  • Yeah, so we are talking about long range ATACMS missiles that Ukraine has had for a while already.