Joe Biden will authorize Ukraine to use US weapons against targets on Russian soil

The United States thus joins the United Kingdom, Canada, France, Germany, Sweden, among other Western countries that have guaranteed that they will not oppose the use of Western weapons against territory belonging to the Russian Federal Republic. In total, more than a dozen countries have already given their approval
The president of the United States will give Ukraine authorization to use American weapons against military targets on Russian territory.

According to an official North American source, cited by the newspaper Politico, the green light is limited to targets in the vicinity of Kharkiv. “The president recently instructed his team to ensure that Ukraine can use American weapons for counterattack purposes in Kharkiv so that Ukraine can respond to Russian forces striking or preparing to strike it,” he said, adding that the policy of not allowing long-range attacks inside Russia “has not changed”.

The North American newspaper also highlights the secrecy surrounding the unexpected decision, after on Tuesday the United States Secretary of State publicly announced that the “White House discouraged and did not authorize” the use of Western and North American weapons. against Russian soil. Furthermore, the US source adds that Kiev only asked the US to change policy after the start of the Russian offensive on Kharkiv.

The United States remained intransigent in giving the green light to Ukraine, even after the favorable list already included more than ten countries: in addition to those already mentioned, Poland, Czechia, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania and Canada were also not opposed the use of donated weapons against military targets within the Russian Federation.

The North American turnaround was not something new, as Major General Agostinho Costa recalled on Wednesday, it had already happened in the case of the Leopard and the F-16.

The military analyst Major General guarantees, however, that the possibility of a Russian nuclear attack is not in the equation, at most, he says, given the European green light, Moscow will send “English, French or German [que estejam na Ucrânia] in plastic bags to the countries of origin”.

“Stoltenberg is an American sounding board who reads the script they put in front of him and it is not written in Brussels, it is written in Washington”, he guarantees, ensuring that “if the White House says no, it is because they are going through the same thing that happened with the Abrams or the F-16: no, no, no and then they sent the weapons”, predicted Agostinho Costa.