Global | BBVA Research Big Data Geopolitics Monitor. November 20, 2024

Ukraine fires a US-made long-run missile against Russia for the first time since the beginning of the war. Lutnick is appointed Secretary of Commerce.

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• Key points:
• Ukraine fired U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to strike a military weapons depot in Russia's Bryansk region, marking the first use of these long-range missiles within Russian territory since the conflict began 1,000 days ago.
• President-elect Donald Trump appoints Howard Lutnick, CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald, as Secretary of Commerce. Lutnick has been a key transition adviser to Trump and was a top contender to lead the Treasury Department.

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