Having received permission from his main allies to use the weapons they sent him on enemy territory, Ukraine claimed responsibility for the first attack with partner materials against a military facility located within the Russian Federation.

“Good fire. This is a Russian S-300 (anti-aircraft system). “On Russian territory”. Deputy Minister of Ukraine for Reintegration of Occupied Territories Irina Vershchuk wrote about this on her Facebook page.

The message is accompanied by a photo A piece of military equipment is on fire.

“The first days after permission to use Western weapons against enemy territory,” added the vice minister.

Ukraine has received in recent weeks from its main allies permission to engage certain military targets on the territory of the Russian Federation. From the very beginning of the war, Kyiv’s partners forbade it from attacking Russian territory, fearing possible retaliation from Moscow. This restriction did not apply to Ukrainian territories occupied by Russia.

This change in policy regarding the conditions under which Ukraine can use weapons it has received has coincided with Russia’s offensive in the middle of last month on the Ukrainian city of Kharkov. border with the Russian Federation. Russian troops opened a new front there, crossing the border from their territory.

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Russian penetration into this area of ​​northeastern Ukraine caused concern in Western capitals and in Kyiv, which began increasingly insistently to be allowed to neutralize at the source of the received weapons Russian attacks on Kharkov, striking troop concentrations, aircraft, missile systems and other Russian targets.

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmitry Kuleba welcomed the permission received to attack certain areas and military installations inside Russia and explained that Kyiv continues to work to eliminate restrictions that its allies continue to impose on the use of their weapons against enemy territory.

(EFE)