DISINFO: Moscow is at war with the West now that Ukraine can strike Russia with US missiles
SUMMARY
Moscow is fighting the collective West now that Ukraine has been permitted to use long-range missiles for strikes on Russia. When US President Joseph Biden decided [to grant Ukraine this permission], the United States openly entered the war. Previously, it acted indirectly through private military companies. But in this case, only American military personnel and NATO forces have the technologies (to operate these missiles).
RESPONSE
Recurring pro-Kremlin disinformation narrative accusing Ukraine’s partners in the EU and the US of warmongering and prodding Kyiv into continuing the war. This claim was made in the context of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The United States’ or its allies’ permission for Ukraine to use long-range missiles for strikes deep into Russian territory does not mean that the West has entered the war. The missiles provided to Ukraine become Ukraine’s weapons once delivered. It is Ukraine's decision, as a sovereign state, how to use these weapons in defence of its territory or in strikes against military targets in Russia to repel Russia’s unprovoked and unjustified invasion. On 17 November 2024, US President Joe Biden lifted the restriction on Ukraine using long-range missiles to target Russian territory, granting permission for strikes against Russian and North Korean forces in the Kursk region. The decision allows Ukraine to deploy US-made ATACMS rockets which have a range of 190 miles (300 km).
A broad coalition of more than 50 nations, including the US and other NATO countries, are supporting Ukraine militarily and economically while not directly engaging in combat. Supplying weapons to Ukraine does not make NATO an active combatant under international law. The US, the EU and NATO condemn, in the strongest possible terms, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
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