According to Politico, the Ukrainian authorities one more time request approval from the Americans to usage their weapons to strike targets in Russia. Ukrainians emphasize that in the current state they could not attack e.g. with barrel and rocket artillery of Russian units massed north of Kharkiv before crossing the border. Of course, Kiev strikes targets in Russia, sometimes in its depth, using, for example, unmanned, This, however, cannot be a substitute for a massed-fired barrel and rocket artillery** if we presume a breakdown, or a serious limitation of capabilities, of units prepared to invade before crossing the border. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was about to say that the U.S. does not encourage attacks in Russia, but the final decision belongs to Ukraine due to the fact that it is the 1 who is conducting the defensive war. However, it is not known whether this is equivalent to consent to the usage of American artillery ammunition in Russia and can be rather skeptical here.
