Politico: "Biden secretly gave Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia with US weapons"

Politico is a thoroughly Democrat-fellating website.  So if they post a piece claiming  biden's handlers have "secretly" given Zelensky permission to use U.S. missiles on targets in Russia itself, you can believe it's at least that if not worse.
 

May 30, 2024
   The Biden administration has quietly [sic!] given Ukraine permission to strike inside Russia — solely near the area of Kharkiv — using U.S.-provided weapons, three U.S. officials said.  It's a major reversal [by the biden regime] that will help Ukraine to better defend its second-largest city.

“The president recently directed that Ukraine be allowed to use U.S. weapons for counter-fire purposes in Kharkiv so Ukraine can hit back at Russian forces,” said one U.S. official, adding that the policy of not allowing long-range strikes inside Russia has not changed.

All officials were granted anonymity to discuss internal decisions that haven’t been announced.

Kharkiv is a Ukrainian city, so thru this many paragraphs (I've deleted several 'grafs of boilerplate bullshit) readers haven't gotten any hint of a change.  But watch how well the Democrat-fellating leftists at Politico bury the HUGE policy change:

In effect, Ukraine can now use American-provided weapons, such as rockets and rocket launchers, to shoot down launched Russian missiles heading toward Kharkiv, at troops massing just over the Russian border near the city, or Russian bombers launching bombs toward Ukrainian territory. But the official said Ukraine cannot use those weapons to hit civilian infrastructure or launch long-range missiles to hit military targets deep inside Russia.

Note well the ambiguous weasel-word "deep inside Russia."

It’s a stunning shift the administration initially said would escalate the war by more directly involving the U.S. in the fight.  But worsening conditions for Ukraine on the battlefield –– namely Russia’s advances and improved position in Kharkiv –– led the president to change his mind.

Oh, y'say Porridgebrain changed his mind, eh?  Seriously?  biden doesn't know what day it is.  Probably not even what month.  He almost certainly didn't make this decision, but biden's handlers demand that Politico attribute it to him, because most Americans would be appalled by the truth--that the U.S. is being run by unelected Dem shitheads.

The National Security Council did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Hmm...If the story had been wrong you'd expect the NSC would have quickly said so, since this new policy is SO provocative.  But the NSC didn't deny the story.  Ergo...

And what the hell is with the word "secretly" in the headline?  Not that it ever was a secret, but it sure as hell isn't now, eh?  So the logical question is, why would Politico openly publish a supposed "secret" involving a really dangerous biden/harris/blinken policy decision--one Politico explicitly says the regime earlier said "would escalate the war by more directly involving the U.S. in the fight"?

Imagine our reaction (well, not under the Porridgebrain regime, but earlier) if the U.S. was engaged in a shooting war with Mexican drug cartels, and Russia not only gave the cartels missiles with a 100 mile range but also said "You can use these on targets in the U.S. as long as the targets aren't "deep" in U.S. territory."  Think the U.S. would take that clear provocation without responding?  (Well, not today, but...)  

I think most Americans wouldn't tolerate Russia doing that.  But for some bizarre reason the folks running biden expect Putin won't retaliate for us giving Ukraine missiles AND permission to strike targets in Russian territory as long as they're not *too* deep inside.

It's absolutely insane.  

And understand that I'm not a Russia defender.  It's horrible that they invaded Ukraine.  Do have to say we sure provoked 'em, and I suspect that in hindsight Putin would spend another year or so negotiating with the U.S. and NATO to get 'em NOT to admit the Ukraine to the latter.

Source: Politico

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/30/biden-ukraine-weapons-strike-russia-00160731