Kyiv has for weeks been pressing the West to allow it to use Western-supplied long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The US and Britain have not authorised Ukraine to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The United States and the United Kingdom have not authorized Ukraine to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia, possibly out of fear of an "escalation," President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that firing long-range weapons into his country would signify that North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) member-nations were at war with Moscow.

The Navy is taking lessons from its combat in the Red Sea and from what Ukraine has done to hold off the Russians in the Black Sea, and using them to help U.S. military leaders for a potential future conflict with China.

The United States Navy released its "Navigation Plan for America’s Warfighting Navy" on Thursday, outlining how the U.S. will meet the growing threat of Chinese military aggression against Taiwan by 2027.

Drawing on lessons from fleet experimentation and real-world developments in the Black and Red seas, Adm. Lisa Franchetti said the Navy must deliver a proven hybrid fleet that incorporates robotic