US allows Ukraine to strike certain targets inside Russia with its weapons

US President Joe Biden’s administration has permitted Ukraine to strike certain areas inside Russia with US-provided weapons. According to Media reports, Washington allowed Kyiv to use US-provided weapons for counter-fire purposes and solely against sites near Russia’s border with Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region.

The report added the decision was adopted due to “worsening conditions” for Ukraine on the battlefield following Russia’s advances and improved position in the Kharkiv region. However the US policy regarding long-range strikes inside Russia has not changed and Ukraine was not given permission to use American weapons for attacks deep into Russia, The decision draws Biden even deeper into a war in which Russian President Vladimir Putin has repeatedly raised the prospect of a nuclear strike.