KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin warns that Washington’s decision to let Ukraine strike targets inside Russia with U.S.-supplied longer-range missiles would stoke the war and escalate international tensions. The policy shift adds uncertainty as the war on Tuesday marks 1,000 days since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. Ukraine said a Russian missiles struck Sumy in northern Ukraine and Odesa in the south, killing at least 21 people and injuring dozens. U.S. officials say Washington is easing limits on what Ukraine can strike with its American-made Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMs, after months of ruling out such a move over fears of escalating the conflict. A Kremlin spokesman said Washington was “adding fuel to the fire and provoking further escalation of tensions.”
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