Confirmation of first Ukrainian strikes against Russia with American weapons – AP

HIMARS. Photo: Getty Images

Ukraine used American weapons to launch attacks on Russian territory after the United States authorized it to do so.

Source: an anonymous official from a Western country in a comment for АР, as reported by European Pravda

Details: The AP source, who “was not authorized to comment publicly on this sensitive subject”, did not specify the exact location of the strike against Russia, launched with American weapons.

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However, unconfirmed reports indicate that on June 2, Ukraine struck an S-300/S-400 system used by Russia to attack the city of Kharkiv. The Russian system, located 50 km from the Ukrainian border, was hit by a HIMARS system.

The strike was reportedly launched in accordance with US President Joe Biden's recently approved instructions authorizing Ukraine to use US weapons to strike targets on Russian territory to protect the city of Kharkiv.

The White House clarified that the American authorization of strikes with American weapons concerns not only the border areas of the Kharkiv region but also the Sumy region. At the same time, the authorization does not apply to long-range ATACMS missiles.

kyiv requests the expansion of the scope of this authorization.

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