Joe Biden has authorised Ukraine’s use of long-range missiles to strike hundreds of miles inside Russia for the first time, according to media reports.The decision is a major US policy shift and comes despite Russia’s warning that it would regard permission for Kyiv to use American-made missiles “as a major escalation”.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia has launched 120 missiles and 90 drones in a large-scale attack across Ukraine targeting its energy infrastructure