Ukraine "Positive Signal Received on Use of US Weapons in Kharkiv Border Area"

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On the 31st (local time), Ukraine announced that it received a "positive signal" allowing limited use of U.S.-made weapons in Kharkiv, a northeastern border area.

Serhii Nykyforov, spokesperson for the Office of the President of Ukraine, said that day, "Through various diplomatic channels, we received a positive signal regarding the limited use of weapons provided by the United States."

This confirmed reports from U.S. media the previous day that President Joe Biden had secretly authorized the use of U.S.-made weapons in Ukrainian territory up to Russian territory for the purpose of defending Kharkiv Oblast.

The U.S. government has not yet issued an official statement regarding this report.

Spokesperson Nykyforov said, "Allowing attacks on Russian mainland using U.S. weapons will greatly enhance our military's capability to counter large-scale Russian troop advances attempting to cross the border."

Meanwhile, Germany also decided to partially allow attacks on Russian mainland using German-made weapons in Ukraine.

According to dpa and other agencies, Steffen Hebestreit, spokesperson for the German government, said at a press conference that Ukraine had been attacked in the Kharkiv border area in recent weeks and stated, "Ukraine has the right to self-defense under international law."

The German government added that it had intensively discussed this issue with the United States, the United Kingdom, and France from the 29th to the 30th.

Until now, the German government had repeatedly expressed a principled stance that "Ukraine must be able to defend itself and act within the framework of international law." However, immediately after media reports on the 30th revealed that the U.S. had allowed the use of weapons it provided near the Kharkiv border area, Germany publicly expressed support.

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