Western nations significantly increased Ukraine’s military hardware during the week when the conflict reached its 1000th day, and the Kremlin issued its most audacious nuclear strike threats to date.
Here are the events of the past week and their implications.
Ukraine is supported by the West
Reports surfaced late Sunday night that Ukraine had been granted authorization by departing US President Joe Biden to employ longer-range ATACMS missiles to target targets within Russia.
Washington, which had for months denied Ukraine’s requests to use the missiles outside of its own boundaries, made a significant policy shift with the move.
Following the news leak of the decision, Ukraine launched a barrage of ATACMS missiles into the Bryansk region of Russia.
