Fighting halfway is impossible, any 'red lines' are absurd - Ukraine's 3rd Brigade deputy commander

Maksym Zhorin wrote this on his Telegram channel.

"We should finally realize that we cannot fight half-heartedly - a little bit of fighting, a little bit of playing with rules and prohibitions, hitting or not hitting enemy territory. We are in a full-fledged war, where Russia's goal is the complete destruction of our state," he said.

According to Zhorin, Ukraine should definitely strike at all Russian targets.

"We have to hit military, infrastructure, and strategic facilities, and destroy their logistics. Only then can we assume that we are doing everything to win. It is our allies who can still play some kind of 'tolerance' with the Russians. In our struggle, any 'red lines' are absurd, and it is up to Ukrainians to decide how to defend their country," the statement says.

• US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirms that President Joe Biden secretly authorized Ukraine to strike targets in Russia with US weapons.

• NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine has the right to self-defense and can strike with Western weapons on the territory of Russia