The United States said Tuesday it hadn't 'enabled' Ukraine to carry out strikes inside Russia, after a spate of drone attacks on military-linked facilities deep within Russian territory.
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"We have neither encouraged nor enabled the Ukrainians to strike inside of Russia," Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters. But US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tuesday that the US was "absolutely not" doing anything to prevent Ukraine from acquiring its own long-range attack capabilities.Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile visited Sloviansk near the eastern frontline Tuesday, describing fighting as "difficult" with Russian forces pushing to capture the industrial city of Bakhmut.
One of the Ukraine attacks struck the key Engels airfield in the Saratov region, where Russia keeps some of its strategic nuclear bombers.For weeks Moscow has rained missiles down onto Ukraine's electricity and water supply infrastructure, raising the pressure of the war on the country's civilian population as the country moves into winter and power cuts leave them vulnerable to the cold.
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