Washington banned Kyiv from using American weapons to attack Russia

During the supply of weapons to Kyiv, Washington established a rule according to which this equipment should not be used for attacks on US-recognized territory in Russia. This was stated by the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, during a press conference.

“The rules that we have established with the Ukrainians are not to use equipment provided by the United States to attack Russian territory,” Milley said, broadcast of the speech was conducted on the official website Pentagon. According to him, the US military is still investigating whether US-provided weapons were used during saboteur attacks in the Belgorod region.

The breakthrough of Ukrainian saboteurs into the Belgorod region became known on May 22. As a result of the attack, at least 500 houses were damaged in the Grayvoron urban district. During the operation, 70 saboteurs were killed, 4 infantry fighting vehicles and 5 pickups were destroyed, reports “National News Service”. John Kirby, strategic communications coordinator at the US National Security Council, said that Washington does not approve of the use of American equipment by the Ukrainian military to attack the Belgorod region.