Ukraine-Russia. Weapons from the US at targets in Russia? Zelensky: we received a message from the American side

President Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed on Friday that it had received approval USA on the limited use of American weapons on the territory Russia, but did not reveal other details. – Early in the morning we received a message from the American side. I received this message from my military officers, but I cannot provide details, Zelensky said at a press conference in Stockholm after the third Nordic-Ukrainian summit.

– I want to see in practice what will happen, but I still believe that this is a step forward to the goal that we talked about earlier, to be able to protect our people who live in the border region – added the president.

The spokesman for the President of Ukraine, Serhiy Nykyforov, confirmed this to the European Pravda portal media reports that appeared the day beforethat the administration of the US president Joe Biden agreed to Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory using American weapons, but only near the Kharkiv Oblast. According to its decision, Ukraine may use US-supplied HIMARS missile systems to attack Russian soldiers and command and control centers.

In a comment for European Pravda, Nykyforov stated: – We have started to receive positive signals through diplomatic channels from the United States about the limited use of weapons in the region bordering Kharkov.

Also US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday that President Joe Biden approved Kiev's use of American weapons on Russian territory, Reuters reported. The head of American diplomacy explained that it was a strategy of “adapting to the battlefield.” Blinken provided the information to reporters after the foreign ministers' meeting FOR THIS in Prague.

The Secretary of State explained that the US was responding to “what was happening in and around the Kharkiv region.” “Over the last several weeks, Ukraine has asked us for permission to use the weapons we provide to defend ourselves, including against Russian forces that are massing on the Russian side of the border and then attacking Ukraine,” Blinken said. This request, he added, “went directly to the president, who, as you have heard, consented to the use of our weapons for this purpose.”

He announced that in the future, the US administration “will continue to do what we have done so far, which is to adapt when necessary,” he said. Blinken did not clearly say whether Biden's approval could be extended to targets deeper in Russia.

Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, is located 30 kilometers from the border with Russia. The Kharkiv Oblast has been the target of a land offensive by Russian troops since May 10.