Russia's Defense Ministry admitted Ukraine targeted its Kursk region with U.S.-supplied Atacms missiles, striking an air-defense battalion and an air base, according to the BBC. Russia's Defense Ministry reported that two of five Atacms missiles struck their target,

In a major policy shift, the Biden administration has authorized Ukraine to use the ballistic missiles within Russia.

OSINT (Open Source Intelligence) analysts have found that Ukraine has, for the first time, fired US-made ATACMS ballistic missiles with cluster warheads at a military airfield in Russia's Kursk Oblast.

"Right now, they (Ukrainian soldiers) have the ability to use ATACMS to defend themselves in an immediate-need basis. Understandably, that's taken place in and around Kursk Oblast," U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told journalists on Nov.

The Biden administration has allowed Ukraine to use Army Tactical Missiles Systems, a long-range missile system that often carries cluster bombs.

Ukraine’s ATACMS strike in Russia’s Bryansk region marks an intensification of the war amid uncertainty over Donald Trump’s return to the White House.

For the first time, President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to launch American-supplied missiles deep inside Russian territory, according to multiple news reports. The missiles are known as Army Tactical Missile Systems, or ATACMS for short.

Russia has made a rare admission, saying that a key air defence system and an air base in the Kursk region were hit by Ukraine with US-supplied Atacms missiles. The defence ministry statement, which threatened retaliation,