“It is essential that the Biden Administration allows Ukraine’s military leaders to carry out a full spectrum of necessary operations” with the use of US-supplied weapons, the group demands in a letter.
A group of US congressmen, led by the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, Michael Turner, has demanded that the country’s Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin, in a letter sent on May 20, authorize Ukraine “the use of weapons provided by the US to attack strategic targets within Russian territory under certain circumstances.”
“Our Ukrainian allies are requesting permission to use certain US-provided weapons to conduct operations against the strategic objectives within Russian territory and controlled by Russia“says the letter.
“It is essential that the Biden Administration allow Ukraine’s military leaders to carry out a full spectrum of necessary operations“Add the congressmen, referring to a Politico article that indicated that the current White House policy “is hamstringing Ukraine’s ability to push back Russian forces near Kharkiv.”
However, Moscow has repeatedly denounced the use of Western weapons systems against its territory.
Last week, Russian forces thwarted a massive Ukrainian attack with more than 100 drones and unmanned boats against Crimea and several Russian provinces and destroyed dozens of missiles and projectiles of American, Czech, French and British manufacture with which kyiv intended to attack territory. Russian.
In this sense, the spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zajárova, declared that the West and the kyiv regime, which is under its control, “they are playing with fire” by attacking Russia and warned that such actions will not go unanswered.
