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Ukrainian officials want the green light to strike targets in Russia with US weapons, saying they couldn't do anything about enemy troops massing nearby: report
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https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-wants-green-light-strike-russian-soil-us-weapons-2024-5
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Ukrainian parliamentary officials are pushing the Biden administration to remove restrictions on Kyiv striking targets in Russian territory with its arsenal of US weapons, Politico reported.
Ustinova, head of Ukraine’s special parliamentary commission on arms and munitions and leader of the Holos opposition party, spoke repeatedly on the struggles Kyiv has faced because of the strike ban.
Some observers say Moscow’s goal on the northern front may be to establish a “buffer zone” that prevents Ukrainian forces from attacking the Russian border instead of pushing toward Kharkiv city.
Ustinova told Politico that Russia aimed to make Kharkiv a repeat of the battle of Mariupol, where fighting was so intense that much of the eastern city was effectively leveled.
“Russian offensive efforts to seize Vovchansk are in large part a consequence of the tacit Western policy that Ukrainian forces cannot use Western-provided systems to strike legitimate military targets within Russia,” it wrote.
While it’s not immediately clear if this would lead to all-out war, other methods for the Kremlin to strike back include organizing terror attacks with radical groups embedded in the West.
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