From VOA Russian: White House confirms Ukraine approved to use ATACMS on targets deep in Russia

We did change the guidance and gave them guidance that they can use them to strike these particular types of targets,

he said

Retaliatory actions are being prepared."

Moscow issued a chilling threat to the West with Russia's defence ministry saying

It's way too little, years late. It's been a truism that Ukraine has needed the capability to strike the Russian rear for many years at this point."

George Barros, a Russia analyst at the US-based Insitute for the Study of War, told BI

It feels like everything that we've been getting has been either too late or it's just enough to barely hold on."

One American fighting in Ukraine told BI

Had Ukraine been able to destroy several squadrons of Su-34 and Su-35 fighters early in the year, then Russia would have significantly less capacity to employ glide bombs against Ukrainian positions and civilians,

he said

Putin is not entitled to a veto over US or NATO policy on the basis that he can threaten us."

He said

In this case, (the missile) was without explosives...There were no types of explosions like we expected. There was something, but it was not huge."

The second source said

I would say this is an incredibly expensive way to deliver what is probably not that much destruction,

said Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies in California

It's one thing to use these weapons within Ukraine's 1991 borders,

he said

Satellite images of Yuzhmash have emerged following a strike by Oreshnik

Russian war blogger Romanov Light complained

The images do not support the Russian claims that the plant was "erased to dust".

But the Kyiv Post reported

John Kirby (admiral)white House national security spokesman

Right now, they are able to use ATACMS to defend themselves in an immediate-need basis. And right now, understandably, that's taken place in around Kursk, in the Kursk Oblast."

Quote from Kirby

Dmitry Medvedevformer russian President

Bombs will not help, ... so the only hope is that kind Russia will warn about launches in advance. Therefore, it is better to stop supporting the war."

Medvedev added

Pat McFaddencabinet Office minister

Given the scale of Russia’s hostility, my message to members today is clear: While no-one should underestimate the Russian aggressive and reckless cyber threat to NATO, we will not be intimidated by it and we will never allow it to dictate our decisions or policies.”

During a speech at the NATO cyber defence conference in London today, Monday, November 25, Mr McFadden said

The Russian side has clearly demonstrated its capabilities, and the contours of further retaliatory actions in the event that our concerns were not taken into account have also been quite clearly outlined.”

He said