The interlocutors told reporters that according to the last assessments, which were conducted within seven months, the conclusion was concluded that the nuclear escalation "is unlikely to be a consequence" in the case of granting Ukraine a permit for long -range strikes with Western weapons. "The estimates were consistent: ATACMS would not change Russia's nuclear calculations," said one of the assistants of the Congressman, familiar with the intelligence.
According to analysts, the media writes, launched by Russia last week of a new ballistic missile was to be a warning of Washington and its European allies, but also did not change this conclusion. The interlocutors added that these intelligences helped to "direct the often contradictory debate" about whether Washington needed to weaken the restrictions on the use of US weapons by Ukraine and to be at risk of "to angry Putin".
The media emphasizes that initially resisted such a step [permission to long -range blows - ed. ] Due to the fears of escalation and the incomprehensible reaction of Putin, but President Joe Biden changed his mind after joining the DPRK's troops before the war on the side of the Russian Federation. Then they were recognized as exaggerated. Despite the overall situation in Ukraine is outlined in US intelligence documents as "dangerous", and the possibility of nuclear escalation remains.
On November 21, the Russian Federation for the first time hit Ukraine with a long -range ballistic missile. According to the Air Force, the Armed Forces attacked enterprises and the critical infrastructure of the Dnieper with an intercontinental ballistic missile released from the Astrakhan region. On the same day, Russian leader Vladimir Putin reported that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation had a blow around the Dnieper city using the Oreshnik rocket.
The President of the Russian Federation has stated that modern air defense remedies are not able to intercept such rockets, as they attack targets at a speed of 10 mahov, this is 2. 5-3 kilometers per second. On November 22, the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reported that in the Russian Federation in the arsenal there can be up to 10 rockets "Orezhnik".
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