Changing war scenarios: US gives Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with its missiles

The American president, however, in a post on Social Truth, spoke of <x0 false news”, claiming that the United States has nothing to do with these missiles, wherever they come from, and whatever Ukraine intends to do with them.

The main issue is that the U.S. can limit the use of the Storm Shado (which are Franco-britonic production) missiles because Ukrainians use data from the US armed forces to target enemy targets.

Former President Joe Biden approved the use of American missiles “Storm Shadow” and “Atacms” from Ukraine against targets within Russia at the end of its mandate.

However, after Trump took office, the Pentagon established a process of reviewing cross-border attacks using American or foreign missiles, including the Storm Shadow missiles, which rely on American data to identify targets.

Under this mechanism, the defence secretary had the final say if Ukraine could use long-range Western weapons to attack Russia. Until recently, before the authority was transferred to the European Command, such attacks were not approved.

In fact, it appears Kiev has already undertaken such actions, which are expected to increase pressure on Russia. On Tuesday, Ukraine used a Storm Shado missile to hit a Russian factory in Brynsk that produces explosives and rocket fuel. The “attack was successful” after it managed to “to process Russian air defence”, Ukraine's General Staff said without providing further details.

W SJ reports that the unannounced US movement to allow Kiev to use rockets within Russia comes after the recent transfer of responsibility for supporting such attacks by War Secretary Pete Hegseth to the top American general in Europe, General Alexis Greenkevic, who also holds a high position in NATO. But this is also part of Trump's pressure policy against the Kremlin.

Significantly, the decision to remove missile restrictions Storm Shadoa was taken before Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky met with President Trump last week at the White House. Zelensky had requested Tomahawk missiles, which have a considerable range of action and could theoretically hit targets in Moscow and more north. But Trump rejected the demand, noting that Russia and Ukraine should end the bloody war. /Periscopi