Biden makes another Ukraine policy shift with approval of sending anti-personnel mines

President Biden approved sending anti-personnel mines to Ukraine precocious Tuesday, a reversal of argumentation and yet different escalation successful the struggle with Russia up of President-elect Trump's inauguration.

Ukrainian officials person reportedly promised to lone deploy the mines successful Ukrainian territory and distant from large colonisation centers. The U.S. had antecedently withheld anti-personnel mines due to the fact that of their inclination to outlast conflicts erstwhile deployed and origin wounded to innocents.

The U.S. has reportedly taken precautions to forestall specified injuries, however. The mines being delivered to Ukraine run connected an electrical fuse that relies connected a battery. That artillery typically runs retired implicit the people of hours oregon adjacent weeks, and it is past inoperative, according to CBS News.

The Biden administration's support came the aforesaid time that Ukraine utilized American-made ATACMs successful a onslaught connected Russian soil. Biden had prohibited specified uses until past week.

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Ukrainian forces are present being supplied with U.S.-made anti-personnel mines. (Oleg Petrasiuk/Press Service of the 24th King Danylo Separate Mechanized Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces/Handout via REUTERS )

Allies of President-elect Trump person blasted the Biden medication for approving Ukraine's escalation of its struggle with Russia successful the last months earlier Trump takes office.

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"The Military Industrial Complex seems to privation to marque definite they get World War 3 going earlier my begetter has a accidental to make bid and prevention lives," Donald Trump Jr. posted connected societal media aft Biden's long-range rocket approval. "Gotta fastener successful those $Trillions. Life beryllium dammed!!! Imbeciles!"

According to a elder U.S. official, Biden's actions are spurred by the Russian determination to invitation 10,000 North Korean soldiers into the combat against Ukraine successful Kursk. A 2nd authoritative told Fox News that it is unclear if Biden plans to o.k. the usage of the missiles extracurricular the Kursk region.

The Biden-Harris medication has approved Ukraine to escalate its struggle with Russia up of Trump's inauguration. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Russian President Vladimir Putin reacted by updating Russia's atomic limb usage doctrines. The White House National Security Council downplayed that reaction.

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"As we said earlier this month, we were not amazed by Russia’s announcement that it would update its atomic doctrine; Russia had been signaling its intent to update its doctrine for respective weeks. Observing nary changes to Russia’s atomic posture, we person not seen immoderate crushed to set our ain atomic posture oregon doctrine successful effect to Russia’s statements today," an NSC spokesperson told Fox News Digital.

Trump has said helium could resoluteness the struggle successful Ukraine earlier helium enters office. (Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images)

"This is much of the aforesaid irresponsible rhetoric from Russia, which we person seen for the past 2 years. As we said to Russia weeks ago, Russia’s use of DPRK soldiers successful combat operations against Ukraine presents a important escalation of its warfare of prime against Ukraine and we warned that the United States would respond," the connection continued.

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The announcement came aft Great Britain and France authorized Ukraine to motorboat SCALP/Storm Shadow rocket strikes, according to French outlet Le Figaro.

Putin has antecedently said that giving Ukraine the greenish airy connected rocket usage would efficaciously mean that the U.S. and NATO are "in the war."