The US decision to authorise long-range Ukrainian strikes could help Kyiv defend the foothold in Russia's Kursk region that it seized as leverage in any war talks, but may come too late to change the course of the war. As military analysts warn the shift was unlikely to be a gamechanger overall, FRANCE 24's Nadia Massih welcomes Philip Ingram MBE, former British Military Intelligence Officer and investigative journalist specialising in security and intelligence arenas.