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The U.S. is expected to announce Tuesday it is sending an additional $150 million in critically needed munitions to Ukraine, as Russia accuses Ukraine of using U.S.-provided munitions to strike inside Russia or Russian-held territory, according to two U.S. officials. 

On Monday, Russia summoned the American ambassador to protest what it says was the use of U.S.-made advanced missiles in a Ukrainian attack on Crimea on Sunday that reportedly killed four people and wounded more than 150. 

Crimea, which Russian seized from Ukraine in 2014 in a move that most of the world rejected as unlawful, long had been declared a fair target for Ukraine by its Western allies.

However, the Pentagon said last week that Ukraine’s military is also now allowed to use longer-range missiles provided by the U.S. to strike targets inside Russia if it is acting in self-defense. Since the outset of the war, the U.S. had maintained a policy of not allowing Ukraine to use the weapons it provided to hit targets on Russian soil for fear of further escalating the conflict.

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[-] snooggums@midwest.social 18 points 3 days ago
[-] LotrOrc@lemmy.world 8 points 3 days ago

Would be cool if Biden gave Ukraine all the money he's giving Israel.

[-] cygnus@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 days ago
[-] Badeendje@lemmy.world 7 points 3 days ago

We will learn when they are there from Russian telegram channels crying about shot down mig 31's and harm missiles hitting AA radars.

[-] CaptainKickass@lemmy.world 4 points 3 days ago
[-] trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 days ago

God bless 🫡 Get the occupying force the fuck outta there.

[-] librejoe@lemmy.world -1 points 3 days ago

President Biden was posted saying "were gunna bomb these commies back to the stone age" and a report from the Kremlin was "oooooh upgrade!"

this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2024
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