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More and more NATO allies are backing Kyiv’s calls to allow its forces to carry out movements on Russian territory with Western weapons.
By Lara Jakes
Lara Jakes writes about weapons and military in Ukraine.
As Ukraine’s second-largest city prepares for a new Russian offensive, a growing number of NATO allies are backing calls from kyiv to allow its forces to make moves into Russian territory with Western weapons.
President Biden will allow Ukraine to use U. S. weapons contrary to the military’s goals in Russia to mitigate the Kharkiv offensive, days after Canada authorized the use of the weapons it has supplied. More than a dozen of them have granted similar authorization to Ukraine.
The United States, Ukraine’s biggest arms supplier, is reluctant to take the step, fearing it will galvanize an escalation in Russia that could simply drag NATO down and cause a wider war. Without Washington’s approval, the U. S. military’s tactical missile systems, or ATACMS, may only hit Russian targets inside Ukraine.
Still, many Western military leaders and analysts say that with Russia massing thousands of troops on its side of the border (less than 32 kilometers from the northeastern city of Kharkiv), Ukraine desperately needs the authority to attack Russia with Western weapons. aims to allow Ukraine to attack military sites in Russia used for the Kharkiv offensive, U. S. officials said.
“Russian commanders are aware of Ukraine’s inability to retaliate,” Peter Dickinson, a Ukraine analyst at the Atlantic Council in Washington, wrote in research published before Dickinson’s policy change.
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