US says 'not encouraging' Ukraine strike into Russia | World News

The US mentioned Tuesday it was "not encouraging" Ukraine to strike into Russia after drone assaults on bases broadly seen as carried out by Kyiv.

"We're not enabling Ukraine to strike past its borders; we're not encouraging Ukraine to strike past its borders," State Division spokesman Ned Worth informed reporters.

"Every thing we're doing -- all the things the world is doing to assist Ukraine -- is in assist of Ukraine's independence," he mentioned.

He stopped in need of attributing the drone assaults to Ukraine, which has not claimed accountability. Russia mentioned three folks had been killed and two plane broken within the assaults Monday on three bases deep into its territory.

Specialists imagine Ukraine penetrated Russian airspace with easy Soviet-era drones and never any of the billions of dollars in navy help given by Western powers since Moscow's February 24 invasion.

"We're offering Ukraine with what it wants to make use of on its sovereign territory -- on Ukrainian soil -- to tackle Russian aggressors," Worth mentioned.

Worth additionally declined touch upon a Wall Road Journal report that the USA has altered HIMARS despatched to Ukraine -- a rocket system seen as a game-changer on the battlefield -- to forestall firing into Russia.

President Joe Biden has publicly mentioned he doesn't assist longer-range missile capacities for Ukraine, fearing an escalation that will pit the USA extra immediately towards Russia.