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Zelenskyy must now show that missiles will change this war, and his European allies must unify ahead of the Trump presidency, says Simon Tisdall, the Observer’s foreign affairs commentator

Defence Secretary John Healey said Vladimir Putin was responsible for the escalation in the Ukraine conflict.

Ukrainian President Zelensky responds to US permission for strikes in Russia, emphasizing actions over words and the importance of military capabilities.

German Chancellor Scholz's peace talks with Putin on Ukraine conflict spark hope amidst mixed reactions and escalating tensions.

As is so often the case, where the United States leads, Europe follows. Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron are expected to join Joe Biden in allowing Ukraine to fire Western-supplied long-range missiles into Russia.

Tragic Russian missile attack in Odesa, Ukraine kills 8, injures 39, including children. Urgent call for peace and diplomacy.

America’s permission to Ukraine to fire its potent ATACMS missiles into Russia looks like a last gaps gesture by the dying Joe Biden presidency. Is it too little, too late to save Ukraine from defeat, and the triumph of Vladimir Putin’s forces now advancing on several fronts?

Biden’s decision marks a change in stance in the president’s final days in office, before President-elect Donald Trump – who has indicated he will limit US support for Ukraine – returns to the White House in January

Volodymyr Zelensky has responded to Washington’s decision to use US-made long-range missiles to target Russian territory.