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Biden gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons

www.cnn.com Biden gives Ukraine permission to carry out limited strikes within Russia using US weapons | CNN Politics

President Joe Biden has given permission to Ukraine to strike inside Russian territory with American munitions, though he has restricted their use so Kyiv can only hit targets over the border close to Kharkiv after Russia made significant advances around the city in the northeastern part of the coun...

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www.cnn.com /2024/05/30/politics/biden-ukraine-limited-strikes-russia/index.html

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Target Moscow
- Ukraine doesn't want to target Moscow. They are not like Russia, they go after actual military targets, not civilians. They have been using their homebuilt drones for long enough inside Russia to show their priorities.
  
  The Kremlin is in Moscow. Is it not a military target?
  
  It has a high symbolic value but it’s not very valuable as a military target. Better to wipe out a bunch of fuel trucks and tanks and soldiers than a handful of bureaucrats in a stationary palace.
  
  Seeing it burn would send a message of much higher value
  
  The main benefit it would provide would be a morale boost. It wouldn’t bring Ukraine any closer to removing the Russian occupiers or slowing their attacks.
  
  Flooding the one specific bunker on the other hand... Not an easy task, but I feel that's how it would end.
  
  Seems like a military target to me.
- Wouldn't meet the restrictions described.
  
  Sorry, these new US weapons take some getting used to. We'll definitely get it right next time. Promise
- Are you enlisted?

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