The Daily Populous Monday August 25th, 2025 morning edition
Authored by pravda.com.ua and submitted by thrivemelody

Ukraine has been using only domestically produced long-range weapons to strike Russian territory, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

Source: Zelenskyy in a response to a question from journalists at a press conference with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney

Details: Asked about Western media reports claiming that the US has banned Ukraine from using ATACMS missiles on Russian territory, Zelenskyy said no such restrictions are being discussed.

Quote: "We're using our domestically produced long-range weapons. Lately, we've not been discussing such matters with the United States. It used to be the case. You remember various signals regarding our retaliatory strikes after they [the Russians] attacked our energy system. That was a long time ago. Today, we don't even mention this."

Background: On 23 August, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) claimed that the Pentagon has been blocking Ukraine's use of long-range missiles to strike Russian territory for several months.

PrinceRufusFastcar on August 24th, 2025 at 16:00 UTC »

Of course the headline makes it out to be a whole lot more combative than is the case.

Headline version:

US: stop hitting Russia Zelensky: I don't need your permission!

Actual version:

US: stop using our missiles to hit Russia. Zelensky: That's not relevant any more - we're using our own missiles.

Disastrous-Check-715 on August 24th, 2025 at 15:31 UTC »

They are a free country and that means free to defend their borders

HipsterCavemanDJ on August 24th, 2025 at 14:39 UTC »

There you go. Quit playing by their rules, it’s obvious the US government doesn’t have your best interest in mind