Ukraine says it will not strike Russian territory with long-range missiles
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov says Ukraine will not use US-pledged missiles with a 150-km range to strike Russian territory
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Reuters reported on the situation.
According to the minister, Ukraine will not use the longer-range weapons promised by the US to attack Russian territory, but will only target Russian units on the occupied Ukrainian territories.
"We always tell our partners officially that we will not use weapons supplied by foreign partners to fire on Russian territory. We only fire on Russian units on temporarily occupied Ukrainian territory," Reznikov said on February 5 at a press conference in Kyiv.
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On February 3, the Pentagon announced a new USD 2.2 billion defense aid package for Ukraine.
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On February 4, Russian Ambassador to the US Anatoly Antonov accused Washington of escalating the situation by supplying Ukraine with missiles with a range of 150 km.
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