US hints at allowing Ukraine to strike deep inside Russia, enraging Putin
Al Jazeera
If Washington expands weapons authorisation, NATO will be directly involved in the war, says the Russian leader.
There was a faint glimmer of hope in the past week for Ukraine, that after months of pleading with Washington, it may be starting to move the strategic needle in favour of allowing deep strikes inside Russia using weapons made in the United States.
Until now, the US has allowed Ukraine to use its weapons for counter-battery fire at short range across the border.
When asked if he would lift geographic restrictions, US President Joe Biden on Tuesday told reporters, “we’re working that out right now”.
On the same day, his secretary of state, Antony Blinken, told reporters in London that he and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy “will be listening very intently on this and reporting back,” during a joint visit to Kyiv this week.
Biden and British premier Keir Starmer were to discuss the issue on Friday.
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