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Ukraine Pleads for Green Light To Hit Russia with U.S. Weapons

A M142 HIMARS launches a rocket towards Bakhmut on May 18, 2023. (Photo by Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
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Posted: May 22nd, 2024

By Peter Green

Peter S. Green is a veteran foreign correspondent who has covered wars, revolutions and the evolution of democracy, capitalism and authoritarianism in Eastern Europe and the Balkans for The Times of London, the International Herald Tribune and the New York Times. He’s now based in New York, where he writes on both business and international affairs.

SUBSCRIBER+EXCLUSIVE REPORTING — The future of Ukraine may depend on a single word from the United States: “Yes.” That’s the answer Ukraine is seeking from the U.S. after asking repeatedly for permission to use ATACMS missile systems against targets inside Russia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made the ask again this week in an interview with The New York Times, arguing that the only way to stop Russian attacks on Ukraine was to use Western-supplied weapons against troops, weapons and logistics centers in Russia.  

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