NATO scrambles 'all available' warplanes from Poland and Romania to Ukraine's borders after Russian unleashes massive missile attack to cripple the country's power grid ahead of winter

Indeed, this is the first time that ATACMS has been used to strike Russian territory. The strike was carried out on a facility in the Bryansk region, and it was successfully destroyed,

the source told the outlet

Early this morning, a large explosion tore through Russia's 67th GRAU Arsenal, a critical ammunition storage facility in Bryansk Oblast, sending a fireball soaring hundreds of feet in the air. Ukrainian attack drones had been spotted in the area."

OSINTechnical, a military analyst on X, formerly Twitter, included one in a post which said

The 67th arsenal of the [Russian armed forces] was attacked in Karachev at night

Telegram channel Exilenova said

They've got a war to fight. They're not interested in starting new fronts in that war."

Dr Mendoza added

Yes, that is what is being discussed

When asked

Perhaps Joe Biden himself, for many reasons, has nothing to lose,

he said

The madmen who are drawing NATO into a direct conflict with our country may soon be in great pain,

Rossiyskaya Gazeta said

In the recent days, we have seen the decisive intensification of Russian attacks on Ukraine, above all, those missile attacks where civilian objects are attacked, where people are killed, ordinary Ukrainians,

Duda said

Unlike [U.S. President Joe] Biden, Trump immediately announced his ultimate goal to stop the war. The question is — how is he going to do that?"

Zagorodnyuk said

Ukraine has been asking for this for years, not months,

Zagorodnyuk told VOA

Operationally, these missiles can target Russian storage facilities, command centers, and even North Korean troops preparing for offensive actions,

Voyger explained

If such a decision was really formulated and brought to the attention of the Kyiv regime, then, of course, this is a qualitatively new round of tension and a qualitatively new situation in terms of the involvement of the United States in this conflict,

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told Russian media

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Strikes are not made with words,

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his nightly address

If a new administration pulls back on military aid or restricts Ukraine’s ability to strike, it could significantly weaken Ukraine’s position on the battlefield and at the negotiating table,

he said

Over time, Ukrainians have learned to live with initial refusals on the delivery or use of critical weapons, followed by hesitant ‘maybes’, and only after countless lives are lost, a reluctant ‘yes’. Unfortunately, this reactive approach is not what Ukraine needs to preserve its independence or endure potential negotiations,

Faraponov said

The Ukrainians need to convince the incoming US administration that they are still worth backing – in Trump’s transactional view, a ‘good investment’,

argued Matthew Savill, of the Royal United Services Institute thinktank

Russia’s strategy of escalating attacks, especially around holidays or weekends, is intended to break the spirit of Ukrainians and remind them of the hardships of war,

said Vladyslav Faraponov, the head of the board of Ukraine’s Institute of American Studies

Reading the tea leaves, unfortunately this looks like more incrementalism,

said George Barros, a Ukraine expert at the US Institute for the Study of War

We have been saying that from the beginning -- that no restrictions must be put on the military support,

he said at a meeting of senior European Union diplomats in Brussels

Dmitry Peskovkremlin press secretary

This fundamentally changes the modality of their involvement in the conflict,

he said