Ukraine, as a sovereign state, can make its own decisions to strike targets in Russia with own weapons, and the USA does not prohibit the use of American weapons in the border regions of the Russian Federation, BTA reported.
According to the correspondent of Ukrinform, State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said this in response to a question about the possibility of Ukraine receiving permission from the United States to strike Russia deeply with American weapons.
The US State Department spokesman said that Ukraine does not need US permission to carry out retaliatory strikes against Russian targets because it is a sovereign state and can use weapons it has developed on its own and of which it has a large quantity.
In this regard, Miller drew attention to the defense programs that Ukraine has implemented over the past year. In addition, Miller emphasized, the United States does not prohibit Ukrainian armed forces from striking Russian targets near the border, from where Russian troops are launching an offensive.
Therefore, according to him, Ukraine has a great potential to defend itself. The spokesman recalled that last week President Biden announced almost $8 billion in security assistance to Ukraine. “And we will continue to support them”, assured the spokesperson of the US State Department.
As reported by Ukrinform, Ukraine has repeatedly called on its Western partners to allow the use of Western weapons at airports and other military targets deep inside Russian territory, from where missile and bomb attacks against the country are carried out.