The new U.S. policy still limits the range enough to prevent it from striking key Russian airfields, two Ukrainian officials said. According to them, the Americans gave the green light for strikes at a distance of up to 100 km from the border.
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US officials in the WP commentary do not specify the limits, but say that the 100 km statement is “incorrect.”
Undoubtedly, [дозвіл] changed the situation. The enemy felt this, especially right on the front line. But neither the range nor the type of weapon is sufficient, says the Ukrainian interlocutor.
Earlier on Thursday, Pentagon spokesman Charlie Dietz explained that the United States had given Kyiv consent to use American weapons to retaliate against Russian territory where the Russian army attempts to invade Ukrainian territory.
This includes allowing US air defenses to be used to shoot down Russian aircraft that are in Russian airspace but intend to attack Ukrainian territory, Dietz added.
This is not a matter of geography or a certain radius. [застосування озброєння]”It’s a matter of common sense,” Dietz said. — If Russia attacks Ukraine from abroad, then Ukraine should be able to strike back at targets that attack it from that side of the border.
However, this 100-kilometer zone does not include key Russian air bases from which planes carrying adjusted bombs take off – they pose the greatest danger to both military and civilians, Washington Post sources note.
The two-year ban on the use of American weapons for attacks on Russian territory allowed it to create a protected zone from which it fired at the border areas of Ukraine, the publication recalls.
The permission received three weeks ago “has definitely changed the situation, especially directly on the front line,” the Washington Post quoted a source in Ukrainian military circles as saying. In particular, it was influenced by the destruction of Russian S-300/S-400 systems near the border using American HIMARS. The rocket attacks on Kharkov stopped after that, the publication quotes the mayor of the city, Igor Terekhov.
Source: Racurs
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