US allows Ukraine to use Western cruise missile for strikes inside Russia: Report

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The United States has reportedly removed restrictions on using its targeting data for sites inside Russia.

A person familiar with discussions told the Wall Street Journal that the decision was made before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky went to the White House to meet with President Donald Trump, where the two had a heated meeting ending in Trump warning that Russia could “destroy” Ukraine. This means the decision was unrelated to a brief revival and then collapse in Russia-U.S. rapprochement last week, up until Tuesday, when a meeting between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was planned in Budapest, then put on ice.

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