Biden allows Ukraine to hit some targets in Russia with US weapons | BBC News

US President Joe Biden has given Ukraine permission to use American-supplied weapons to strike targets in Russia, but only near the Kharkiv region, US officials have said.

One official said his team had been directed to ensure Ukraine was able to use US weapons for "counter-fire purposes" to "hit back at Russian forces hitting them or preparing to hit them".

Russian forces have made gains in the north-eastern Kharkiv region in recent weeks after a surprise offensive in the area, close to the border with Russia.

European leaders and the UK had called for restrictions on the use of such weapons to be relaxed, despite concerns that such a development could further escalate the conflict.

President Vladimir Putin warned that attacks by Ukraine on Russia with Western missiles risked triggering a wider war.



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[sharonsmith]

' Dad says it's okay to play out in the backyard.'

[Panaputra]

Up to now Russian missiles didn't land on NATO territory. But if now NATO missiles land on Russian territory, Russian missiles will start landing on NATO territory.

[odpeipn]

The political system in UK is rotten 😂😂

[adivarso]

Head for the hills if you're living in Europe. I think we know where this is heading.

[kjbfrmd]

a five year old child could reason out a better strategy for us than stoltenberg

[odpeipn]

western politicians acting like a children 😅😅😅😅😅😅

[samsmith]

The West is ridiculous, fight a war, or dont, this dance is tedious.

[rogerslater]

Escalation is taking the doomsday clock closer to midnight .

[vladimirtenenbaum]

What Biden gonna do if Russia responds? Run like from Afghanistan? 🤬🤡😡

[trevorsutherland]

"...but only in defense of Kharkiv..." LOL. What surreal madness is this? A proxy war whose restrictions change battle by battle?? This is Vietnam all over again but this time NATO is "America". So when Russia wins this battle, the restriction goes back to what it was yesterday??

[BruceWayne-vnvg]

Lunatic, this is going to be a straight confrontation with Russia.

[aupen]

West weapons with western operators attacking Russia

[jaygray]

Does the US tell Israel, or any other country, what to do with weapons they supply?

[stevenjackie]

Please do not cry when Russia strikes back!!!

[Mtngirlx]

Won’t this make Putin want to punish the US?

[algatronalgirdas]

Ukraine is not capable enough to use those systems by their own. All targets will be tracked by satelites, and those missiles will be used by NATO in ukraine. Basically, we are back to the Cold War era, but it might escalate quicker to another level.

[bitterlife]

If American weapons can target Russian assets then Russian weapons can target American interests also.

[Mikachu-owun]

Wow so many Russian trolls in these comments! 😂😂

[TAJJARIFFIC]

Someone tell Biden this isn't a COD campaign

[FredrickFigir-lpxi]

What is the boarder line and front line.