Posted on 05/30/2024 6:20:07 PM PDT by yesthatjallen
US President Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission to use American-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region, US officials say.
One told BBC News his team had been directed to ensure Ukraine was able to use US weapons for "counter-fire purposes" to "hit back at Russian forces hitting them or preparing to hit them".
Russian forces have made gains in the Kharkiv region in recent weeks after a surprise offensive in the area, close to the border with Russia.
On Friday, Ukrainian officials said three people had been killed and 16 injured in Russian shelling of a residential building in a suburb of Kharkiv city.
The US official also told the BBC: "Our policy with respect to prohibiting the use of Army Tactical Missile System [ATACMS] or long-range strikes inside of Russia has not changed.”
When asked by CBS, the BBC's US partner, whether the new policy included attacking Russian aircraft, an official said: "We’ve never told them [Ukraine] they can’t shoot down a Russian airplane over Russian soil that’s coming to attack them.”
The White House and state department had no immediate comment.
The UK earlier signalled that it was open to an easing of restrictions on how Ukraine could use weapons supplied by the West.
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Ukraine has been getting targeting data for targets in Russia from the US and other Western countries for quite some time now. At pretty much any range the Ukies could get a weapon (mostly drones) to. The only difference is that the Ukies were using Ukie weapons, and in this case the weapons the US is allowing use of are short range and medium-short range systems like HIMARS.
Russian tools keep saying HIMARS and Excalibur are no longer effective anyway, so the threat to Russia should be minimal, right?
Also, it should be noted that this is a small counter-escalation in response to Russia’s escalation by seriously upping attacks and the threat to Kharkhiv, which is not even near being an ethic majority Russian city (or oblast).
[and then the antichrist proably.]
He is definitely coming. Will it be out of the ashes of World War III? I don’t know.
Then he’s going to unleash even more war. Because the rider on the Red Horse follows him.
If you had told me 25 years ago that our State Department would be exporting LGBTQ madness all over the world, I would not have believed it possible.
The Godless are going to take this world to the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. And then they’re going to get the real Armageddon. Wondering how they got there, too. They won’t be able to figure it out until they hit the ground and the birds are gathered to eat their bodies.
I’m 43 minutes in.
There is no way that this ends well.
There is no way that this ends. Except at Armageddon.
(to repeat)
2008 and GWB? All of it (that year) makes sense, now.
Hitting an early warning radar installation that Russia uses for warning of missile attacks (i.e., like might come from the US in a nuclear strike) isn't "counter-fire" or pre-emptive striking. It is a very dangerous mistake that approaches 'act-of-war.'
neocon Retards-R-Us
I was familiar with a few of the things he mentioned and the pieces fit.
So this cannot end well. Because the course is hard set for a conflict that cannot possibly be avoided.
These policies and agendas cannot possibly be resolved and only guarantee disaster on a Biblical scale. These are the things of fools and lunatics who care not what the body counts are.
And they’re also the type of people that would weaponize a virus, release it upon the world, and then act surprised as if it just appeared out of nowhere.
I’m now just wondering how much time we have left.
Yes, he is a pathetic POS. I do not have any sympathy for this jerk. He is a total idiot on foreign policy. He darn sure knows zip about Russia.
Thanks for the Tucker/Sachs interview. I’ll catch up with this later today.
they are going for WWIII no matter what happens with Trump
He will have to send Iranian or NK missiles.
It is curious, Putin has been sending Russian, NK, and Iranian munitions into Ukrainian territory for years now, but sending western weapons into Russia is some kind of escalation?
Should of thought about that before his 3 day war
Except to Russia I am sure
Any military using Chinese tech are fools
Imagine Normandy invasion but with the channel being a hundred miles wide.
China could destroy Taiwan, but invade it without it being a smoldering hulk is not likely. Not saying that would not happen, Putin is happy to destroy everything to achieve “victory” and have the “great” reunification
Anywhere he wants to.
What ‘data’?
GPS info??
Biden IS LBJ all over again— and not suggesting that- it’s the truth- all of his minions are tyrants and owned by nazis of the deep state. Not the Gehlen anti-Communist descendants, but the obamaumao embeds who are Leftist World Socialists also known as Communists. The Nazis of Germany were Left wing Socialists, totally (and to the Right of the German Communists they recruited from).
LBJ was a murdering Socialist there is no doubt, and differently and more corrupt than Xiden of the Chi-Coms. See: Lloyd Austin to “visit” with Chi-Com’s operational defense secretary in theatre (what can this moron do that won’t encourage the Taiwan invasion-Biden’s intent to get us into a war to save his non-existent present-dency).
Obamaumao authorized a S. Florida based US Bank to directly accept Cuban bank transactions— contrary to our complete embargo of their “money” banked by the Communist Cuba owned Banco de Cuba (offices in Switzerland).
Recent headlines showed Xiden taking Cuba off the world terrorist list— while they still export terror to Venezuela- part of his idiotic begging bowl for oil for the US from the bus driver Maduro. You can’t make this up- and it has obamaumao’s hands ALL over it, including Iran and Chi-Com’s oil trades allowed (thus Biden rewarded for screwing Israel’s defense against Iran. China buys Iranian oil at below market prices- sends a kickback to Xiden family).
Biden and the Democrats want WWIII.
Keep poking The Bear.......................
Agreed, God help us all. If Trump does get re-elected, he’ll have such a mess on his hands the odds could be insurmountable.
Brandon is going to get a LOT of us killed. Exactly as planned.
“...but only near the Kharkiv region, US ‘officials’ say.”
Wink-Wink. Nudge-Nudge. *SPIT*
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