US Secretary of State hints they may allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with US weapons

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has hinted that the Biden administration may be open to allowing Ukraine to use US-supplied weapons to strike Russian territory.

As reported by The New York Times, reiterating Washington's position that it does not encourage or provide for such strikes, Blinken noted that Kyiv must decide on its own how best to defend itself and that the US government has "adapted and adjusted as necessary" as the war unfolds. 

Answering the questions whether his words "adapt and adjust" mean that the US could support Ukraine's attacks on Russia with US-supplied weapons, he said "adapt and adjust means exactly that".

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg asked that the allies review the constraints on Ukraine's ban on using Western weaponry against the Russian Federation in the midst of border fighting in Kharkiv Oblast.

Recently, The New York Times reported that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to push for allowing Ukraine to strike Russian territory with US-supplied weapons. He seeks to persuade President Joe Biden to lift the restrictions.

US House Speaker Mike Johnson believed that the United States should allow Ukraine to wage war "in the way they see fit", commenting on Kyiv's request to allow it to use US-supplied weapons to strike Russian territory.