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NATO PA urges allowing Ukraine to strike targets in Russian territory

NATO members should increase military assistance to Kyiv and lift existing restrictions on the use of Western weapons against military targets in Russian territory, the Alliance’s Parliamentary Assembly (PA) declared on May 27.

27 May 2024, 09:53 PM

Sweden backs Ukraine's right to hit Russian territory

Ukraine is authorized to use weapons to launch attacks on Russian territory, Sweden's Defense Minister Pål Jonson said in an interview with the Swedish newspaper Hallandsposten on May 26.

27 May 2024, 01:14 PM

Ukrainian commander slams German Chancellor for opposing strikes on Russian territory

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's opposition to Ukraine using Western weapons to strike Russian territory was sharply criticized by Maxim Zhorin, Deputy Commander of Ukraine's Third Assault Brigade, on Telegram on May 26.

27 May 2024, 12:02 PM

Providing military aid to Ukraine best way to ensure peace - French President Macron

If Ukraine's partners want peace, they must continue to provide Ukraine with military aid, French President Emmanuel Macron said on May 26 while visiting Germany to meet with President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Tagesschau reported.

27 May 2024, 08:22 AM

Scholz stands firm on not using German weapons for attacks in Russia

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reiterated his opposition to Ukraine using Western weapons to strike inside Russian territory in an interview with Tagesschau television news service on May 26.

26 May 2024, 08:19 PM

USA set to announce $275 million military aid pack for Ukraine

United States are about to announce $275 million in military aid to Ukraine on May 24 which will include HIMARS MLRS, 155mm and 105mm shells, other military equipment, reported Associated Press referencing two unnamed American officials on May 23.

23 May 2024, 07:05 PM

Blinken pushes Biden to end ban on Ukraine's use of U.S. weapons in Russia

After a "sobering" visit to Kyiv, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has urged President Joe Biden to allow Ukraine to use American weapons against targets inside Russia, The New York Times reported on May 22.

23 May 2024, 12:09 PM

Speaker Johnson supports allowing Ukraine to use US weapons on Russian territory

The United States should not meddle in how Ukraine chooses to prosecute the war using U.S.-supplied arms, House Speaker Mike Johnson said on May 22.

22 May 2024, 08:42 PM

Bipartisan U.S. Congress group wants the U.S. to drop its ban on Ukraine striking targets inside Russia

A bipartisan group of Members of Congress want the U.S. to lift its ban on the use of U.S. weapons to strike targets inside Russia, a U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (HPSCI) statement on May 21 said.

22 May 2024, 02:00 PM

Future Russian advances could be prevented if US scraps its 'absolutely unfair' ban on strikes inside Russia

The United States should scrap the "absolutely unfair" ban on the use of supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russia, said National Security and Defense Council (NSDC) Secretary, Oleksandr Lytvynenko, Financial Times reported.

22 May 2024, 01:45 PM

Ukrainian Armed Forces preemptive strike may have stopped Russian offensive in Kharkiv Oblast - FT

Russia might not have advanced so quickly in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast if Ukraine had been able to strike in advance, the Financial Times reported on May 21 quoting Ukrainian officials.

22 May 2024, 01:39 PM

Zelenskyy pushing US to lift restrictions on weapons use

The United States is making it harder for Ukraine to defend itself by maintaining restrictions on the use of U.S.-supplied weapons to strike military targets in Russian territory, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with The New York Times on May 21.

21 May 2024, 10:22 PM

Lithuania supports fewer limits on Ukraine's use of Western arms for Russian strikes

Ukrainian allies should lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons, granting Kyiv more freedom to strike targets inside Russia, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis said in an interview with the French TV channel LCI on May 20.

21 May 2024, 06:05 PM

Restrictions on use of US weapons to strike Russia remain in place — Secretary Austin

The Pentagon “expects” Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike targets only within its own territory, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on May 20.

21 May 2024, 02:09 AM

Ukraine's use of Western arms purely defensive, President Zelenskyy states

Employing Western weaponry to strike targets within Russian territory would constitute defense, not aggression, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during a meeting with journalists on May 17.

17 May 2024, 02:11 PM

The Pentagon insists its position hasn't yet changed on using U.S. weapons to strike inside Russia

Despite rumors to the contrary, the U.S. has not lifted its ban on Ukraine using U.S.-made weapons for strikes inside Russia, the Pentagon's deputy press secretary, Sabrina Singh said.

17 May 2024, 12:56 PM

NATO must define the conditions for Ukraine to join at this summer's summit - former NATO Secretary General

NATO should invite Ukraine to join at this summer's NATO Summit in Washington, USA, said former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) reported.

15 May 2024, 01:41 PM

The U.S. will give Ukraine more powerful long-range weapons by Summer 2024 - Nuland

Ukraine will introduce new long-range weapons to the front this summer to ensure it is in a position of strength should it need to negotiate, said former U.S. Deputy State Secretary, Victoria Nuland, Russian opposition media Meduza reported on May 11.

14 May 2024, 09:02 AM

Pentagon comments on the terms of aid delivery to Ukraine

The USA has already started supplying Ukraine with the ammunition that its Armed Forces needed urgently, Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder said at a briefing on April 25.

26 April 2024, 06:17 PM

Ukraine faces rising mechanized onslaughts from Russia - ISW

Russian forces have ramped up their mechanized assaults along various sections of the front line over the past fortnight, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported on April 3.

4 April 2024, 11:49 AM

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