Skynews Analysis: Why the 1,000th war day in Ukraine is the most critical – warns former Putin adviser

1000 days are completed today (19.11.2024) by the Russian invasion of Moscow threatening to respond appropriately if U.S. missiles are used after the green light given by American President Joe Biden. Already Vladimir Putin signed the updated Decree for the use of nuclear weapons by . Ukraine had US ATACMS (Army Tactical Missile System) missiles with a range of 300 km – as well as French and British Storm Shadow missiles of similar range – but western allies had banned Kiev from hitting Russia with them. Biden’s decision to lift this restriction, two weeks after the American election and two months before leaving the White House, is an important moment in the war, which enters today on his 1,000th day. It is recalled that Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. Sky News chief correspondent Stuart Ramsay points out that the 1000th day of the war is a crucial turning point for the war in Ukraine. “I think we’re going into a very critical phase here, because it’s obviously the end of the Biden presidency and then Trump will come,” he says. “And what will happen to the country after that? Will he try to negotiate the end of the war? He said he’d do it in a day, but he hasn’t given details of how this will happen. I think this has helped to worry too many people here about the future.” In his analysis Skynews correspondent continues: “I think much more important, however, is that neither President Putin thought he would see a thousand days of war. He believed that he would drop this government and “place” a new authority that would support Moscow. Well, none of this happened.” The American president, Joe Biden, approved the use of missiles in targets in Russia in a major change in American policy, two months before leaving the White House. It is unclear whether his successor, elected President Donald Trump, was informed or whether he would insist on the decision, having promised to end the Russia–Ukraine war, as the British BBC notes. Ukraine’s president Volontimir Zelenski is expected to speak to the European Parliament in the context of the ultimate plenary on the completion of 1,000 days from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. In the morning he published a 2:22-minute video, on the occasion of the completion of 1,000 days since Russia’s attack began. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has published a video in honor of the 1000th day since the beginning of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine “1000 days together. 1000 days of Ukraine. Moscow has now intensified the attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, as sides seem to have reached a dead end on the battlefield. The US decision also follows the arrival in the western Kursk region of Russia—where Ukrainian forces occupied and held a small piece of ground—more than 10,000 soldiers from North Korea, to assist President Vladimir Putin’s forces. Unverified information reports, the BBC reports, that North Korea can send up to 100,000 soldiers, in addition to artillery and other weapons to its ally. Ukraine can first use ATACMS in Kursk – some reports say that the US may have restricted their use there as a message to North Korea to stop sending aid to Russia and Moscow itself. He warns former Putin advisor: US to become legal target for Russia The U.S. has been directly involved in the war allowing Ukraine to launch long-range missiles against Russia, Putin Sergei Markov’s former adviser said. Speaking to Sky News he said the US is using the Russian deployment of North Korea troops against Ukraine only as a “preface”. “Joe Biden wants to block Donald Trump’s efforts when he vows president to move on to a peace deal”. Putin’s former adviser also stressed that if Ukraine uses the United Kingdom long-range missiles, known as Storm Shadow, against Russia with the involvement of British officers, the British army will become a target along with that of the US. “If the United States and Great Britain are now involved in a war against Russia, this means that all U.S. and Great Britain armies become legitimate targets for the Russian army”. Information from Skynews, BBC