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There has been no change in UK government policy, under article 51 of the UN charter Ukraine has a clear right of self-defence against Russia’s illegal attacks, [and] that does not preclude operations inside Russia,
the Ministry of Defence said Samples of small arms manufactured by the United States and Sweden have been seized at the liquidation site of a Ukrainian sabotage group near the village of Kremyanoe in the Kursk region,
RIA cited a Russian security official as saying We need to inflict significant tactical defeats on Russia. In the Kursk region, we clearly see how the military tool is objectively used to convince the Russian Federation to enter into a fair negotiation process.”
The Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak wrote on the Telegram messaging app The operation in the Kursk region was also planned with the participation of Nato and western special services,
he was quoted as saying, without offering any evidence Our Ukrainian drones work exactly as they should, but unfortunately, there are things that cannot be done with drones alone,
the Ukrainian president said in his nightly address Wednesday We'll have a clearer picture in the weeks ahead,
It complicates the policy the more they progress into Russia without defined terms,
a U.S. official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told Reuters The use of U.S. weapons in Kursk, in Ukraine or anywhere else - for us - is an act of escalation and it will have serious consequences, we are being absolutely blunt about this with our U.S. colleagues. They know our opposition,
Russia's Deputy U.N. Ambassador Dmitry Polyanskiy told reporters on Wednesday The Biden administration sees that they've been able to manage the escalation ladder extremely effectively since the outset of the war,
said Rachel Rizzo, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council's Europe Center in Washington We have been very, very clear and consistent that we really want to see Ukraine focus on defending themselves against this aggression inside of course their borders,
White House national security spokesman John Kirby told MSNBC on Thursday It's not unusual for them to do things without letting us know."
We don't encourage and we don't enable attacks outside of Ukraine except for in those exigent circumstances where we believe just over the border they're facing some imminent threats,
We make clear during the gifting process that equipment is to be used in line with international law.
Putin is rattled and this would show the West is fully committed to Ukraine, which has not been apparent hitherto.