The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence to strike deep into Russia

The U.S. will provide Ukraine with intelligence data so that it can launch long-range attacks deep into Russian territory, The Wall Street Journal reports this Wednesday, citing U.S. officials. The article claims that these attacks would be directed against "Russia's energy infrastructure." The officials consulted specified that this would be the first time the U.S. would assist Ukraine in long-range attacks against Russian territory. According to the newspaper's sources, Washington turned to its NATO allies to provide similar support to Kiev. In addition, it is reported that the U.S. is considering the possibility of delivering Tomahawk cruise missiles and Barracuda ammunition to Ukraine, although a decision has not yet been made in this regard. Rhetoric Shift in Washington Last week, U.S. President Donald Trump changed his rhetoric regarding Moscow. The president, who on previous occasions had stated that Ukraine would have to accept the loss of territory to end the conflict, surprised by declaring that Kiev "is in a position" to take control of the new Russian territories. In parallel, several reports were circulated about the possibility of Washington lifting restrictions on long-range attacks by Ukraine against Russian territory. In a recent interview with Fox News, U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, when asked about whether Trump's stance is now to allow Ukraine to launch long-range attacks against Russia, replied that he believes "the answer is yes". What Russia says Commenting on Kellogg's statements, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov stated that the American politician "in principle, adopts clearly pro-Ukrainian positions, although President Trump always says that he is a mediator and that Ukraine and Russia should resolve their issues directly." "The Kremlin has already made it quite clear that, even if those Tomahawks arrive in Ukraine, that will not change the military situation," Lavrov added. For his part, Russian presidential spokesman Dmitri Peskov indicated that the possible supply of long-range Tomahawk missiles to the Kiev regime by the U.S. will not change the situation on the battlefield. "There is no panacea that can now reverse the situation on the fronts," he stressed. By TR