Moscow claims Ukraine has fired multiple US long-range missiles in two separate attacks - and says it is "preparing a response". On the ground in Ukraine, meanwhile, Putin's forces are advancing at the fastest rate since the early months of the war,

"Right now, they (Ukrainian soldiers) have the ability to use ATACMS to defend themselves in an immediate-need basis. Understandably, that's taken place in and around Kursk Oblast," U.S. National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told journalists on Nov.

For the first time, Ukrainian forces have attacked a Russian military airport using ATACMS ballistic missiles with cluster warheads. The U.S.A., which supplied the weapons to Kyiv, confirms that it granted permission for the use of the missiles,