'First Launches Would Come Soon,' Says Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy As US Approves Use Of Long-Range Missiles To Target Deepest Parts Of Russia

Russia is the only power that made an escalatory decision … it’s really this break that led to the U.S. decision,

the French president told reporters on the sidelines of the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro

The decision came far too late. Had it been made at the beginning of the fall, it might have disrupted Russia’s counteroffensive in the Kursk region. And if it had been made even earlier, it could have derailed the offensive in the Pokrovsk direction,

said Glib Voloskyi, an analyst at the CBA Initiatives Center, a think tank

Volodymyr Zelenskyyukrainian President

Today, many in the media are talking about the fact that we have received permission to take appropriate actions. But blows are not inflicted with words. Such things are not announced. The rockets will speak for themselves,

said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of the announcement

Nothing new under the sun,

he added, speaking ahead of an EU foreign ministers meeting in the Belgian capital

We openly said this was an option that we would consider if it was to allow to strike a target from where Russia is currently aggressing Ukrainian territory. So nothing new on the other side,

Jean-Noel Barrot told journalists ahead of a EU ministers' meeting in Brussels