Ukraine-Russia war latest: Biden ‘working on’ lifting long range weapons ban as Russian freight train derailed
Joe Biden has suggested the US could soon permit Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia with long-range weapons.
Asked about US policy on Kyiv’s requests, Mr Biden replied that his administration is “working that out now”. US secretary of state Antony Blinken, UK foreign secretary David Lammy and president Volodymyr Zelensky are due to discuss the issue at a meeting in the Ukrainian capital today.
On the war’s frontline, Russia claimed its forces had advanced by 1,000 sq km (390 sq miles) in eastern Ukraine in August and September despite the Kursk incursion by Ukrainian troops going in the other direction.
On Wednesday morning, Russia blamed “foreign interference” for a freight train derailment in the Belgorod region bordering Ukraine, without directly attributing it to Ukraine.
And the International Monetary Fund announced it had reached a preliminary agreement allowing Ukraine access to about $1.1bn (£840m) in financial assistance.
Earlier, the UK’s national spending watchdog warned that British support for Ukraine’s military “constrains” the MoD’s ability to train its own troops.
