Biden allows Ukraine to use US weapons to strike inside Russia, but only near Kharkiv
US President Joe Biden has quietly allowed Kyiv to fire US-supplied weapons at targets inside Russia but only near the border with the area around Ukraine's northern city of Kharkiv , US officials said on Thursday.
Russia's embassy in Washington and Russia's mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Word of Biden's decision broke shortly after the Pentagon said the US policy against use of US weapons inside Russia had remained unchanged. Blinken said the United States had"adapted and adjusted" as the"battlefield has changed," as he spoke to reporters on a visit to Moldova on the eve of NATO talks in Prague.
French President Emmanuel Macron appeared to shift the dial forward on Tuesday when he said Ukraine should be allowed to"neutralize" bases in Russia used to launch strikes.
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