U.S. media are reporting that President Joe Biden's administration has lifted restrictions that prevented Ukraine from using American-provided weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory.
Reports on November 17 by The New York Times, AP, and Reuters cited sources familiar with the matter. The White House has not commented on the reports. If confirmed, it would represent a major shift in U.
S. policy amid long-standing pleas by Kyiv to allow such actions. Reuters, citing its sources, reported that Kyiv plans to conduct the first of such long-range attacks in the next few days, but it did not disclose specifics.
Ukraine would likely utilize ATACMS rockets -- which have a range of up to 300 kilometers -- Reuters said, citing three sources familiar with the issue. TBILISI – Student groups in the Caucasus nation of Georgia united in a manifesto condemning the disputed October 26 parliamentary elections – which gave the Russia-friendly Georgian Dream party the victory – as anti-government groups vowed a "disobedience campaign" in central Tbilisi for the next 24 hours. The November 17 manifesto stated that the government's “systematic rigging of elections reveals a gross attempt by the Georgian Dream party to seize control of the state.
" "We are not going to give up the freedom of our country. As citizens of Georgia, we remain committed to democratic values and state interests,” it read. “We do not recognize the elections and the parliament seated according to the res.
