The move greatly increases Ukraine's ability to defend itself against Russia's ongoing invasion.
Share on linkedin A HIMARS in service of the Ukrainian army launching a rocket in 2023 from an unspecified location in Ukraine. Photo: Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Imagespermission to use advanced long-ranged weapons they've provided to strike targets in Russia, fulfilling a request Kyiv asked for weeks ago.
Ukraine can now use American weapons to intercept projectiles over Russia, hit Russian troops just over the Russian border or down Russian bombers launching weapons toward Ukrainian territory.Critics of the restriction said it recently hindered Kyiv's capacity to pre-empt Russia's offensive in Ukraine's northern
While Ukraine has been unable to use a portion of its arsenal against targets in Russian territory, Moscow has been relentlessly bombarding Ukrainian civilian and military targets with missiles, glide bombs, Iranian-produced drones andThe United Kingdom was the first Western country to publicly allow Ukraine to use weapons it produced to hit targets in Russian territory, withon May 24 members of the alliance should allow Ukraine to conduct such attacks, French President Emmanuel Macron and...
With its weapons and equipment stockpiles significantly affected by its war in Ukraine, it may not be in a position to expand the conflict to another country, especially a member of NATO. And if it followed through with its threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, it risks alienating China, which hasShare on twitter
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