Biden lifts ban on Ukraine using US weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory
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🗓️ 18 November 2024
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The Biden administration will allow Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike deep inside Russian territory.
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| 0:00.0 | Wondery Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's The Excerpt, Ad-Free right now. |
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| 0:12.2 | Good morning. I'm Taylor Wilson. And today is Monday, November 18, 2024. This is the excerpt. |
| 0:26.3 | Today, Biden lifts a ban on Ukraine using weapons to strike deep into Russian territory. Plus, how world leaders are approaching the transition from Biden to Trump |
| 0:31.1 | and how Trump could face some pushback from within the GOP on Capitol Hill, despite Republicans' |
| 0:36.6 | trifecta control. |
| 0:39.0 | The Biden administration has lifted restrictions that had blocked Ukraine from using U.S. provided |
| 0:43.9 | weapons to strike deep into Russian territory. |
| 0:47.0 | That's according to a Reuters report citing three sources familiar with the matter. |
| 0:51.2 | The move marks a change to U.S. policy and the conflict. |
| 0:54.0 | Ukraine plans to conduct |
| 0:55.2 | its first long-range attacks in the coming days, the sources said, without revealing details |
| 0:59.6 | due to operational security concerns. The move comes after months of request by Ukrainian President |
| 1:04.9 | Volodymyr Zelensky to allow Ukraine's military to use U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its own border, |
| 1:12.8 | and after Russia's deployment of North Korean ground troops to supplement its own forces. |
| 1:22.2 | President Joe Biden will make his final appearance at the Group of 20 Summit this week in Brazil, |
| 1:27.3 | as world leaders |
| 1:28.2 | shift their attention from Biden back to president-elect Donald Trump. I spoke with USA Today, |
| 1:33.4 | White House correspondent Francesca Chambers for more on how leaders around the world are bidding farewell |
| 1:38.7 | to Biden and getting set to approach a new Trump era. |
| 1:42.5 | Francesca, always happy to have you on. Thanks for making the time. |
| 1:45.0 | Thank you so much. |
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