Ukraine has asked the White House to lift restrictions on the use of US weapons against military targets on Russian territory, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing its sources. According to the newspaper, the request was made last week and is still under consideration. If the Americans agree, it would mark a major shift in policy for Washington, which has long sought to reduce the risk of military escalation between the US and Russia while supporting Ukraine.
"They did ask for help from the United States to strike at Russia. It wasn't a specific weapons system, it was additional help to strike the Russians," said U.S. Air Force Gen. К. Brown. The publication recalls that the US transferred surface-to-surface missile systems and other ATACMS weapon systems to Ukraine on the condition that they would not be used for attacks on Russian territory. As noted, this condition, to which Ukraine agreed, was intended to reduce the risk of the conflict escalating into a direct clash between the US and Russia.
Earlier, UNIAN reported that a group of Ukrainian parliamentarians flew to the US for talks. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken stressed that Ukraine must decide on its own how to defend its freedom in the war with Russia. The French newspaper. "Le Monde, analyzing his statement, suggested that Ukraine may have received permission to use Western weapons on Russian territory. Subsequently, however, Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh noted that the United States had not changed its position on the ban on the use of American weapons for attacks on Russian territory. Ukraine should use such weapons exclusively to reclaim its sovereign territories. /BGNES
