A Ukrainian serviceman of the 92nd separate assault brigade guards an area, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv region, Ukraine May 19, 2024.
There is growing pressure on the US to allow Ukraine to use the weapons it has received to target military sites in Russia.on Thursday that Russia is massing more troops along the border with the Kharkiv region — which has come under deadly attack in recent weeks — there are growing calls from NATO members to allow Kyiv to use Western-supplied weapons to strike military targets inside Russia.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, middle, has called on NATO members to reconsider restrictions on Western weapons supplied to Ukraine. , which prohibits U.S.-supplied equipment from attacking Russian sites, but U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday that its policy will continue to be "adapted and adjusted" based on battlefield conditions.
In recent days, Russian President Vladimir Putin, along with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, warned there would be repercussions if the West "embarked on a new round of escalation."Putin said A police officer and a volunteer help a local resident from Vovchansk, Ukraine, during their evacuation to Kharkiv due to Russian military strikes on May 17.
In an interview with the Ukrainian outlet European Pravda published four weeks ago, Latvia's Foreign Minister Baiba Braze said some countries had already provided weapons to Kyiv without any conditions, but that those agreements were not made "aloud."Before Russia's incursion on May 10, Ukraine said it had been aware of a buildup of thousands of troops along the border with the Kharkiv region and the neighbouring region of Sumy.
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