Reports Say US Lifted Missile Limits; Trump Denies

Multiple outlets reported the U.S. secretly lifted restrictions allowing Ukraine to use certain Western long‑range missiles, including British Storm Shadow, to strike deep inside Russia — potentially targeting energy, military and industrial sites. The change was reported to have been decided before a White House meeting with President Volodymyr Zelensky and after a planned Trump–Putin summit was canceled, and to have vested approval authority in U.S. European commander Gen. Alexus Grynkewich. The shift reportedly accompanied new sanctions designating Rosneft and Lukoil, and some reports cited an early strike on a Bryansk explosives and rocket‑fuel plant as an example of intensified targeting. President Trump denied the accounts on Truth Social, calling the Wall Street Journal story “FAKE NEWS” and saying the U.S. has nothing to do with those missiles. The administration framed its measures as pressure to end the war and said allies might follow, but the details remain publicly contested.