US gives Ukraine carte blanche for attacks inside Russia - A strike by US missiles deep into Russia

The Biden administration is getting ready to make more concessions to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky by allowing him to use almost any US weapons for strikes, including inside Russia, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.

Commenting on a recent remark by Deputy Pentagon Press Secretary Sabrina Singh who confirmed that the Kiev regime had been allowed to use US weapons in its terrorist incursion in the Kursk Region, the Russian diplomat noted that "the US establishment has thrown common sense out the window, believing that they can do whatever they want."

"Ukraine has been given full carte blanche for operations in Russian regions. Moreover, the Joe Biden administration is obviously getting ready for more concessions to Zelensky in giving him free rein to use almost any US weapons, including for strikes inside Russia," Zakharova maintained, describing the US policies as increasingly pursuing escalation.

"Being driven by ambitions of world domination, Washington has been intensifying tensions with Russia as it seeks to inflict a 'strategic defeat' on our country and it is not looking to avoid escalation, despite statements by a number of high-profile US officials," she lamented.

Ukraine’s daring ground offensive has taken the fight to Russia, but not nearly as much as its leaders would like because, they say, the United States won’t let them.

The U.S. restricts the use of long-range ballistic missiles it provides to Ukraine, which wants to aim them at military targets inside Russia. Ukraine’s offensive, along with a barrage of drones and missiles that Moscow launched this week, has intensified pressure on the Biden administration to ease its cautious approach to the use of Western weapons in escalating Ukrainian attacks.

The Biden administration says its careful deliberations, including which advanced weapons it supplies to Ukraine and when, are necessary to avoid provoking retaliation from Russian President Vladimir Putin. Some analysts agree Putin would take a Ukrainian strike by an American long-range ballistic missile as an attack by the U.S. itself.

But other American and European supporters of Ukraine say the White House should see that Putin’s threats of attacking the West, including with nuclear weapons, are bluster. Their fear is the U.S. support that has allowed Ukraine to withstand Russia’s 2022 invasion comes with delays and caveats that could ultimately contribute to its defeat.