Biden authorizes Ukraine to use US weapons on Russian territory

the government of Joe Biden Had given Ukraine allowed to attack inside Russianear the Kharkiv region, using weapons provided by the United States, the newspaper announced this Thursday Political, Citing US officials.

“The president recently ordered his team to ensure that Ukraine can use US weapons to launch a counter-attack in Kharkiv, so that Ukraine respond to Russian forces attacking them Or they are preparing to attack them,” a US official told the aforementioned media outlet.

Still, the source said, the policy of not allowing long-range strikes inside Russia “has not changed.”

If officially confirmed, this decision will give a boost to the Biden administration. would have granted Ukraine’s request, Who has been calling on the US to change this policy for several weeks, especially since the Russian offensive against Kharkiv began this month.

Thus, in recent days, the United States may have decided to give Ukraine “flexibility” to defend against attacks on the border with Kharkiv, another official said.

And so it tells Political, Ukraine can now use weapons provided by the United States, Such as rockets and rocket launchers to shoot down Russian missiles launched toward the region against troops concentrated on the other side of the Russian border, or against Russian bombers dropping bombs toward Ukrainian territory.

However, the official said, Ukraine cannot use these weapons to attack civilian infrastructure or launch long-range missiles.Such as the Army Tactical Missile System to hit military targets in central Russia.

On Wednesday, the Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, He became the first U.S. official to publicly hint that Biden could change course and allow such strikes and told reporters that U.S. policy toward Ukraine would evolve as needed.

White House National Security Council Spokesperson, John KirbAnd, while he later didn’t rule out a possible change, it hasn’t been officially confirmed yet.

These messages came after key US allies such as the United Kingdom and France said the same Ukraine should be given the right to attack inside Russia Use of Western weapons

Alright today, Russia accuses NATO of starting a new round of tensions in their stormy relations by encouraging Ukrainian attacks against targets on Russian territory with Western weapons, a position on which there is no unanimity among friendly countries.

“In recent days and weeks, NATO members, especially the United States and other European countries, have entered a new phase of escalating tensions. And they are doing this deliberately,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at his daily press conference.

The United States and Germany have not yet officially authorized the use of their weapons in Ukrainian operations against Russia, although NATO Secretary GeneralJens Stoltenberg, He urged Kiev to give the green signal, which France supported this week.

President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky considers it “unfair” that his government cannot use Western weapons to respond to Russia. But Belgium’s prime minister, Alexander De Croo, told him earlier this week that the F-16 fighter jets he would hand over to Kiev could not be used in the neighbouring country.