The US Congress expects that at the NATO summit, the allies will agree on a position and allow Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike inside the territory of Russia. This was stated by Democratic Congressman Jake Okinkloss, Voice of America reports, UNN writes.
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I would like to see a more aggressive statement on the authorization to strike at the territory of Russia, in particular at the energy infrastructure
He expressed hope that Ukraine will be allowed to "strike anytime, anywhere inside Russia with any weapon". Okinkloss is confident that Ukrainians should hit not only Russian troop deployments and the industrial base of their military machine, but "most importantly, their energy infrastructure.
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He also emphasized that authorizing Kyiv to strike anywhere inside Russia is supported by "a majority of Congress.
In his opinion, this will allow Ukraine to stop the Russian energy sector, which the Kremlin's war machine.
We need to do two complementary things. The first is to strike at oil and gas fields. Repairing these things is very expensive, and it takes a very long time to get them up and running again. Secondly, we will have to tighten sanctions on the most important resources needed to restore these fields
Republican Congressman Michael McCaul, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, also hopes that NATO countries will "come out of the Washington summit more united than ever.
He also emphasized that the allies should not "tie Ukraine's hands behind its back".
For God's sake, give them what they need... Let them win... They are very experienced. They are very battle-hardened
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Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that Ukraine is working on obtaining permission from the United States to use American long-range weapons at Russian military airfields.