Biden allows Ukraine to hit some targets in Russia with US weapons

BBC ^ | 05 30 2024 | Staff

[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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[SaveFerris]

Oh good.......🙃

[BipolarBob]

Putin can respond with sending some ballistic missiles to Cuba. Fair about and all that.

[redcatcherb412]

Biden will have to dig a deeper bunker. Between the political enemies he just made and the Russians not going to be very happy, his very few remaining years on this earth at his age will be spent underground with the moles and worms.

[Big Red Badger]

God Help Us 🙏

[SaveFerris]

✝️🙏🛐

[DarthVader]

Putin is going to hit us here at home!

[Captain Walker]

Those who haven't seen Tucker Carlson's discussion with Jeffrey Sachs on this subject owe it to themselves to do so; it can be found in the first part of the interview here:

www.rumble.com

[packagingguy]

Wonder when Taiwan vs. China will pop off?

If you were Xi wouldn’t you want the West preoccupied with Russia and internal strife (Trump trails) then move on Taiwan?

IDK, does anyone think we could be in a two or three front war soon?

[dfwgator]

Can he hit NYC?

[maddog55]

What a pathetic POS .... Biden doesn’t control Ukraine any more than he does Russia...

[stanne]

This is the bigger story that’s getting covered up

[Right_Wing_Madman]

Biden doesn’t control Ukraine any more than he does Russia.

He absolutely does. This is why Biden banned opposition parties in Ukraine's legislature and cancelled all their elections. Some of you need to wake up from your coma.

[stanne]

Ya congress has allowed him to

[mware]

Bastard. He is not going to use my grand nephew and niece as cannon fodder.

[faithhopecharity]

WW3

[cowboyusa]

This is my biggest concern, that the Deep State will go for WWW 3 if Trump wins.

[cuz1961]

[ifinnegan]

Ho magnanimous of the unelected fake president.