Ukraine can hit Russian forces "anywhere" using US-supplied arms
Ukraine that it can use American-supplied weapons to hit Russian forces «anywhere». They can hit any Russian forces attacking from across the border, and not just the region near Kharkiv, Politico reported, citing US officials.
This subtle shift, which according to the officials is not a change in policy, comes weeks after the US quietly signaled the green light to Kyiv to strike inside Russia in retaliation to a cross-border assault on the city of Kharkiv.
During that time, the US officials stressed that the policy was limited to the Kharkiv region, among other restrictions.
Since then, the Ukrainian forces have used American weapons to strike into Russia at least once, destroying targets in the city of Belgorod, and managing to hold back the Russian assault.
On the other hand, Ukraine and other European officials have asked the US to loosen its restrictions, allowing Ukraine to strike anywhere inside Russia.
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Earlier on Tuesday, US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan told PBS that the agreement with Ukraine about firing American weapons into Russia extends to «anywhere that Russian forces are coming across the border from the Russian side to the Ukrainian side to try to take additional Ukrainian territory,» as reported by Politico.
Recently, Russia has indicated that it might soon move to the northeastern city of Sumy, which is also near the Russian border. In that case, the policy
