Officials say policy calling on Ukraine not to use US-provided long-range missiles and other munitions to strike inside Russia offensively remains.
President Joe Biden has given Ukraine the go-ahead to use American weaponry to strike inside Russia for the limited purpose of defending Kharkiv, according to two US officials.
The city centre is covered with debris after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine Ukrainian officials, most notably Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, have been increasingly vocal in making the case that the restriction was putting Ukrainian forces in an untenable situation as Russia has intensified attacks around the north-east Kharkiv region.
The decision comes as US secretary of state Antony Blinken on Thursday assailed Russian attempts to sow discord in democracies with misinformation after hinting the Biden administration may soon allow Ukraine to use American-supplied munitions to strike inside Russia. US secretary of state Antony Blinken and Czech defence minister Jana Cernochova at a Czech Defence Capabilities Event at Prague-Kbely Airport in Prague
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