WASHINGTON Dec 10 from Moscow, and no longer insist that Kiev not strike on Russian territory, writes the British newspaper The Times, citing a source in the Pentagon.
"We still use the same calculations escalation, but the fear of it has changed compared to the beginning (conflict. — Approx. ed.). The situation has changed,” the source said.
According to the source, Washington is now less concerned that UAF strikes on Russian territory could prompt Moscow to sharply escalate the situation.
«We don't tell Kiev, 'Don't hit the Russians (in Russia or Crimea)'. We can't tell them what to do. It's up to them how they use their weapons. However, when they use the weapons we supplied, we only insist on that the Ukrainian military follow the international laws of war and abide by the Geneva Conventions,» an unnamed Pentagon official added.
As the interlocutor of the publication clarified, this restriction means that the families of Russians should not become the target for the Ukrainian military, and Washington also opposes the liquidation of specific individuals. «As far as we know, Ukraine follows these instructions,» the source said.
According to the Ministry of Defense, on Monday, Kiev tried to attack military airfields in the Saratov and Ryazan regions using a Soviet-made Strizh UAV.
According to the head of the Moscow delegation at the talks in Vienna on military security and arms control, Konstantin Gavrilov, NATO members, including specialists from the United States, who modernized the Soviet Strizh UAV, helped organize the attack.
According to the official representative State Department Ned Price, the administration of US President Joe Biden does not encourage Ukraine to strike targets outside its territory and does not encourage such attacks. targeting Ukrainian weapons will have legal consequences.