Ukrainian parliament member Yehor Chernyev said the US-made High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) Attacks on Russian logistics and artillery sites Within Russia, near Ukraine The area northeast of Kharkov, where Moscow is on the offensive.
“We’ve already had some success. forced the Russians to stop shelling the city“Thanks to the HIMARS strikes we have also been able to degrade the offensive capabilities of Russian forces in the region,” Chernyev, deputy chairman of the Ukrainian parliament’s national security, defense and intelligence committee, said in a text message.
The Biden administration last week Policy changes To allow Ukraine to launch attacks into Russia from the Kharkiv region.
of The reversal was partialThe move would allow Ukraine to launch attacks into Russia from Kharkov, where the Russian military is currently carrying out a major offensive, and would also prohibit Ukraine from using the U.S.-made Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) and long-range artillery to attack Russia or its civilian infrastructure.
Chernyev said Russia was still bombing Ukraine with guided bombs and urged “an increase in air defense systems and permission from the United States to fire ATACMS missiles at Russian military airfields.”
Chernyev and other Ukrainian lawmakers had called on the United States to reverse the policy after Russia launched its Kharkiv offensive in May.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other government officials in Kyiv have also been pressuring the Biden administration on the issue. Washington wants to avoid escalating tensions with Russia Moscow continues to threaten nuclear weapons.
Asked Tuesday whether Ukraine’s use of U.S. weapons on Russian soil helped thwart Russian aggression, White House National Guard Adviser Jake Sullivan said: “Dynamic situation”
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