Trump authorized Ukraine to strike deep into Russia, but with reservations, US Special Envoy Kellogg says

News Armenia ^ | 9/29/2025 | Staff

[marcusmaximus]

US President Donald Trump has authorized Ukraine to launch long-range strikes on Russian territory, US Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg told Fox News.

Speaking directly about the strikes deep into Russia, Kellogg said that "they sometimes got some authority, sometimes they didn't."

"Everybody should follow what the [US] President says. He's the Commander in Chief, by the [US] Constitution, and everybody falls in line," the US special envoy noted.

And when asked by the program host whether the US president's position is really that Ukraine can launch long-range strikes against Russia, and that this was authorized by Trump, Kellogg, said he believes reading the statement by Trump, US Vice President JD Vance said, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the answer is yes.

“Seize the opportunity to strike deep," he added.

[JonPreston]

I haven't heard from Trump, only Neocon Kellogg, besides this is old news. NATO has already attacked Moscow

Ukraine has conducted multiple drone attacks targeting Moscow and its surrounding areas as part of its ongoing military operations against Russian infrastructure and air defenses during the Russo-Ukrainian War. These strikes have escalated in frequency and scale throughout 2025, with several reported in September alone. Russian authorities have intercepted most drones, but some have caused disruptions, minor damage, and casualties. Ukraine has not claimed responsibility for every incident but has confirmed broader campaigns against Russian energy and military targets, including pipelines feeding Moscow.

### Key Recent Incidents (September 2025):

- **September 28–29**: Ukrainian forces launched their largest drone barrage on Moscow since March, with Russian air defenses downing at least 44 drones approaching the city overnight. The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting over 150 drones across multiple regions, including Moscow Oblast, with no major damage reported in the capital but temporary airport closures.

- **September 23–24**:

At least 46 Ukrainian drones were shot down en route to Moscow, part of a major barrage that also targeted annexed Crimea and the Black Sea. Air traffic at Moscow's airports was suspended, and power outages occurred in nearby Belgorod Oblast.

- **September 22–23**:

Dozens of drones struck Moscow throughout the night, leading to the interception of 69 over nine Russian regions, including Moscow Oblast. Airports were closed, and Russian media reported substation damage in Belgorod.

### Broader Context:

- Ukraine's strategy focuses on "systematically" degrading Russia's military and economic capabilities, including fuel supplies to Moscow via pipelines and refineries. For instance, on September 14, Ukraine hit Russia's second-largest refinery (Kinef), disrupting diesel flows to the capital.

- On September 25, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy explicitly threatened strikes on Kremlin leadership if Russia does not end the war, stating they would need bomb shelters but emphasizing no civilian targets.

- Earlier in September (e.g., September 10), Ukraine launched 144 drones—the war's largest single attack on Moscow—damaging homes and killing two people.

- These actions occur amid intensified Russian retaliatory strikes on Ukrainian cities like Kyiv, where nearly 600 drones and missiles killed at least four on September 28.

Russia portrays these as terrorist acts, while Ukraine frames them as legitimate defense against invasion. No ground incursions or missile strikes directly on central Moscow (e.g., the Kremlin) have been confirmed, but drone incursions represent a form of aerial attack. The situation remains fluid, with both sides escalating long-range operations.

[nathanbedford]

It is been long known, as well as grounds for, criticism especially of the Biden administration that American presidents have restricted the use of American weapons inside Russian territory.

Now this issue comes up with the implication that the president is authorizing or not authorizing every strike into Russia at the same time the news emerges that the president is considering supplying Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine-if paid for by somebody else.

But the Ukrainians have already developed their own Flamingo missile with longer range, as I understand it, than the Tomahawk, although the Flamingo is vulnerable to countermeasures because of its slow speed and lack of stealth.

The obvious move for President Trump is to supply Tomahawks immediately and authorize deep strikes into Russia everywhere except at the Kremlin itself. This is the moment to strike and debilitate Russia at its most critical points, its energy industry.

In any event, I am not sure that the Ukrainians will submit to having the wide range of targets available to Flamingo be limited because permission might be denied by Donald Trump who has shown himself to be something less than a friend of Ukraine.

[janetjanet998]

Yesterday . Many saying these were US HIMARS
Knocked power out to Belgorod (no drones observed)

Video
Strikes on Russian thermal power plant and substations in Belgorod
https://rumble.com/v6zldae-strikes-on-russian-thermal-power-plant-and-substations-in-belgorod-likely-u.html

Vance said yesterday Tomahawk cruise missiles may be supplied to Ukraine soon to strike deep in Russia

[Sacajaweau]

I’m reading...Trump has not lifted ban for deep strikes

[marcusmaximus]

The Ukrainian HIMAR strikes on the Belgorod power plants yesterday were approved by President Trump.

[dforest]

Kellogg needs to go back to making cornflakes with his neocon warmonger buddies.

Keeping this turkey around was a big mistake.

[dforest]

Kellogg needs to go back to making cornflakes with his neocon warmonger buddies.

Keeping this turkey around was a big mistake.

[dforest]

I heard that Trump told Zelensky no to Tomahawks. ????

[janetjanet998]

I heard that Trump told Zelensky no to Tomahawks. ????

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I believe he said that before but Vance hinted at Yesterday

[tlozo]

Many saying these were US HIMARS

HIMARS has a limited range of only 50 miles, ATACMS have a longer range and could have hit Belgorod

[dforest]

Then we really do not know what goes. Geesh

[bert]

Point of clarification:

Were the attacks “approved” or “not disallowed”

The President was not asked if the targets could be attacked. The President removed restrictions on targeting geographic penetration distances

[Petrosius]

Putin needs to get out of Ukraine.

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[Kazan]

Considering the Russians have the capability of turning Kiev and everything west of the Dnieper river into mushroom cloud, allowing long-range strikes would be a very bad idea.

[lodi90]

It is been long known, as well as grounds for, criticism especially of the Biden administration that American presidents have restricted the use of American weapons inside Russian territory.

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Not just on Russian territory. Biden’s Democrat polcies were defacto supportive of Putin’s genocidal war of choice on the second biggest country in Europe. Limited sanctions on Russia, refusal to provide even obsolete equipment to Ukraine, limits on Ukrainian’s self defense, etc. Biden and Marixst Democrats will never get the thanks they deserves from the Kremlin’s fellow travellers.

The mysterious escape of 30,000 Russian invaders from the Kherson cauldron in 2022 has never been explained. It occured shortly after a visit to Kyiv by Jake Sullivan and his reported concurrent back channel “negotiations” with the Kremlin over nuclear “deescalation”....