The Pentagon believe that the weapons that are provided can be used within Ukrainian territory

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1. From a Press Briefing of the Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh:

   > **Q:** I have a couple on Ukraine, and then one on Niger. So, **we’ve heard a number of times from the U.S. officials that U.S. does not want Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with American weapons**. In the wake of Russian offense and attacks on Kharkiv, does U.S. consider changing that approach? Because that’s what Ukrainians are asking for. It’s very difficult for them to respond to these attacks that come literally from across the border when Russians know that they can basically be saved there.
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   > **MS. SINGH:** Yes, **we haven’t changed our position**. We believe that the equipment, the capabilities that we are giving Ukraine, that other countries are giving to Ukraine should be used to take back Ukrainian sovereign territory.
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   > **Q:** Just a clarification, is this a request to Ukrainians or this is a binding condition that goes along with that?
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   > **MS. SINGH:** We’ve made our requests pretty public on this. Again, I would reiterate that, in every single Ukraine defense contact group that the Secretary convenes, the weapons that are provided, again, it’s for use on the battlefield. And the Secretary, in his conversations with Minister Umerov, talks through how best those capabilities can be used, and we believe that is within Ukrainian territory.

2. The messages from the US seem to be a bit contradictory, politically they say it’s up to the Ukrainians, but some people are saying the long range weapon systems donated to Ukraine are in fact still blocked, that is you can’t enter coordinates inside Russia and launch them in that direction.

3. People are high on copium. If US ever lifts those rules, which I doubt of, it will be as clear as british statement.

   I expect actual NATO combat troops on ground sooner than US stopping it’s dubious diplomatic juggle.

4. How is this a matter of belief? Either we let them or we don’t.

5. I think the idea is not to blow up kremlin with ATACMS.

6. So send the long range variants to UK and let them give them to Ukraine, for plausible deniability or whatever. It’s time for USA to shit or get off the pot.