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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Escalate Escalate Escalate.
The corrupt pos in the WH needs to be removed forthwith.
I’ve seen speculation that an attack would be limited but that’s not comforting. May God bless us all.
I will say that one thing is certain and that is we are in the calm before the storm.
Never has the world been subjected to this level of evil. Never, IMO.
Who knows and it really doesn’t matter. Ignoring him/her is best.
It may start small, but....
Yes.
We can’t forget the population reduction agenda. They want all but about 500 million to die.
The last 7 years will see 1/2 of the world’s population die (unfortunately)
Between the judgments of God, The Antichrist and False Prophet, the Red Horse rider (war) and the last two Horsemen of the Apocalypse - and then it all wraps up at Armageddon.
Humanity apart from God is going to wreck the planet.
I’m very sorry to say. But it has already been foretold.
That’s right.
Can he hit NYC, Boston, DC, Chicago, LA, San Francisco, Portland and
Seattle?
Save Boston until the Mavs win the NBA title.
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