Ukraine Strike and Putin Threat Stoke Tensions: Balance of Power

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Donald Trump may have promised to end the war in Ukraine immediately after taking office, but that prospect is sending tensions spiking over the conflict launched by Russia.

With just weeks until Trump takes office, Kyiv seized on outgoing President Joe Biden’s decision to reverse course and allow Ukraine to use American-made Army Tactical Missile Systems, known as ATACMS, for limited long-range attacks on Russian territory.

Ukrainian forces today used ATACMS to carry out their first strike on Russia’s western ...