The Pentagon gave tacit consent to long-range strikes on Kyiv by drones against targets in Russia. After Putin's multiple missile strikes on critical infrastructure in Kyiv, writes The Times.

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Since daily attacks on civilians began in October, the Pentagon has reassessed its assessment of the war in Ukraine.. Importantly, this includes new judgments about whether arms deliveries to Kyiv could lead to a military standoff between Russia and NATO..

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In fact, this is a significant advance in the nine-month war between Ukraine and Russia, since Washington is now likely to supply Kyiv with longer-range weapons..

“We are still using the same escalation calculations, but the fear of escalation has changed from the very beginning,” a US Department of Defense source told The Times.. “Now everything is different.”.

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An anonymous source of the publication adds almost the only restriction on the use of long-range weapons: Russian families should not become targets and there should not be any attempts to eliminate specific individuals.. That is, we are talking about compliance with the Geneva Conventions and other international norms..

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