Biden Allows Ukraine to Strike Russia With Long-Range U.S. Missiles

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/us/politics/biden-ukraine-russia-atacms-missiles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

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  2. Far too late, but hopefully Ukraine can cause enough pain and havoc so that Trump won’t be able to things scale back once he’s back in office come January. Ukraine deserves the opportunity to put the same level of pain on Russia that Putin’s inflicted on them.

  6. God I hope it’s true this time. Been burned too many times with all these “inside sources” claiming it

  7. Only 2 months left until the US is pulled out of supporting Ukraine. Might as well let Ukraine cause havoc on the way out.

  8. About time. Let’s see how Putin likes a taste of his own medicine

  9. Haha, yes, get in. This is fantastic news, because now the rest of Europe can start to allow it as well since the U.S has changed their stance. Will be interesting to see how other European nations now adjust accordingly (if they do, fingers crossed).

    I’d like to think this has been in planning for a while, but can’t help but think that last night’s mass strikes were a bit of a deciding factor.

  12. **With two months left in office, the president for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use the system known as ATACMS to help defend its forces in the Kursk region of Russia.**

    Woke up today.

  14. And how many rounds does Ukraine have? No good giving this permission when they have just 10 rounds left.

  15. A shitload of damage can be done in 2 months. Hoping Ukraine can capitalize.

  17. Trump left Biden with the departure from Afghanistan, Biden leaves Trump with a an angry Vladimirovich.

  18. If you read the article hes only allowing it in Kursk, not in general.

  19. People, the long range strikes are only being allowed in Kursk, not in Russia in general per the article. 

  21. This should’ve been done A LONG time ago, what a fucking joke. I just hope Ukraine can do enough damage to take back some of their territory before Putin’s monkeys in the US government pull the plug.

  23. If the US stops all support for Ukraine then there will be no one holding them back from hitting Russian oil facilities. Just wait until we see Trump “I did that” stickers at the pumps.

  24. Fuckin Biden and his pussyfooting. Took forever to decide if Ukraine should get HIMARs and by the time he decided Russia already did some serious infrastructure damage. Then Biden puts a range limit on weapons so Russians can just back away conveniently after missions. Took forever with the ABRAM tank decision and by the time Ukraine got them tanks became useless. Did the same thing with F16s. And to think if Biden has given Ukraine access to all this hardware within the first year without a single limit this war would have been over by now. Ukraine wouldn’t have endured as much death and damage, would have crippled Russian military industrial complex , and would have recovered their land

  25. This is in response to Putler’s call to Germany isn’t it? Biden is a dangerous man, with nothing to lose, can’t pee at night, and Putler’s been needling him for years now. Basically there’s very little holding him back from whatever policies he wants to enact, and Putler’s sitting right in the crosshairs.

  26. >Mr. Biden allowed them to use the *High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS*, which have a range of about 50 miles, against Russian forces directly across the border.

    >Biden did not allow the Ukrainians to use longer-range ATACMS, which have a range of about 190 miles, in defense of Kharkiv.

    If anyone of the redditors gloating about atcams atleast read the article, sighs

  28. That massive strike Putin made the other day will be the last. Good riddance to bad rubbish.

  29. Only for Kursk

    Biden’s Ukraine policy has been weak and over calculated

  34. Outstanding.

    Genuine question, what would be the most obvious targets to start with (aside from Putin’s bedroom).

  36. Looks like the goal here is to drive the point home so the war hawks don’t let the MAGA Russian plants have their way. We’re greenlighting the use of some of our greatest exports, against a longstanding rival.
    *Every* warhawk appointee will be foaming at the mouth for this to continue.

    Well played, Biden.

  39. When trump takes it away you would hope a lot of americans see exactly whos side hes on.

  41. # “Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station.”

  46. Fucking finally. Hope this causes some incredible pain to Russia

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