US President Joe Biden has said he is considering a request by Ukraine to use weapons provided by the US to strike deep inside Russian territory.
Biden’s admission on Tuesday comes as his government is split over whether to allow the use of US weapons, with the state department, which is more open to Kyiv’s request, pitted against the Pentagon and the US intelligence community.
“We’re working that out right now,” Biden said when asked by reporters whether he would allow Ukraine to use American long-range Army Tactical Missile System, or ATACMS, to target sites inside Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly called for restrictions on western-supplied, long-range weapons to be lifted so his military can strike Russian airfields and missile launchers, as well as the ammunition depots, fuel storage and command and control centres that are critical to Moscow’s war.
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@CleverBoarsRepublican2yrs2Y
No more restrictions. Russia needs to be decisively beaten and removed from all of Ukraine.
@NomineeRubyForward2yrs2Y
The only way to counter Russia in Ukraine is to send a large, well-equipped NATO force to fight Russia. Then WW3 would start.
@QuirkyPolentaDemocrat2yrs2Y
The cope from the Kremlinites is strong this morning.
They strongly fear the US lifting restrictions on long range weapons.
You can literally smell the fear from the usual pro-Kremlin crowd.
@ISIDEWITH2yrs2Y
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