Biden to allow Ukraine to use US weapons inside Russia: Reports
Al Jazeera
The move comes as Joe Biden heads into his final months in US office, with successor Donald Trump believed to be more favourable towards Russia.
Outgoing United States President Joe Biden will allow Ukraine to use US-provided weapons to strike inside Russia, various news outlets, including Reuters, the Associated Press and the New York Times, have reported.
Three sources, familiar with the matter, including two US officials, told Reuters on Sunday that Ukraine plans to carry out long-range attacks using the weapons in the coming days.
The White House has not commented on the reports, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the missiles would “speak for themselves”.
“Today, many in the media are saying that we have received permission to take appropriate actions,” Zelenskyy said in his evening address to Ukrainians. “But strikes are not made with words. Such things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves.”
The Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski welcomed the reports, saying that the US was responding to Russia in “a language that [Russian President Vladimir] Putin understands”.
