President Trump on Wednesday rejected a report from The Wall Street Journal that the U.S. had given approval for Ukraine to launch missiles deep into Russian territory, distancing itself from strikes carried out by Kyiv using British long-range rockets targeting Russian military facilities.

The president was responding to reporting in the Journal that pointed out the U.S. can restrict Ukraine’s use of British-supplied cruise missiles, called Storm Shadow, because the missiles use American targeting data.

“The Wall Street Journal story on the U.S.A.’s approval of Ukraine being allowed to use long range missiles deep into Russia is FAKE NEWS!” Trump posted on his social media site Truth Social.

“The U.S. has nothing to do with those missiles, wherever they may come from, or what Ukraine d

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