Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that “the missiles speak for themselves” and “such things are not announced”, responding to reports that Washington had given Kiev permission to strike deeper into Russia with US-made missiles.

Today, many media outlets are reporting that we have received permission to proceed with the appropriate actions. But blows are not done with words. Such things are not announced. The rockets will speak for themselves,” he said in his afternoon speech.

According to the NYT, President Joe Biden’s administration has decided to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range US weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory, in a major shift in US policy towards Ukraine.

The easing of restrictions that allow Kiev to use the ATACMS system to strike targets inside Russia is a major reversal in US policy and comes as about 10,000 elite North Korean troops have been deployed in Kursk, a region of Russia along the of Ukraine’s northern border, to help Moscow’s forces recapture the ground gained by Ukraine.

The weapons are likely to be used initially against Russian and North Korean troops defending Ukrainian forces in the Kursk region of western Russia.

The first deep strikes are likely to be carried out using ATACMS missiles, which have a range of up to 306 kilometers, sources said.

The White House declined to comment.

The United States’ move, two months before Donald Trump takes office on January 20, comes after months of calls by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to allow Ukraine’s military to use American weapons to strike military targets deep inside Russian territory. territory.