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US hints at flexibility on policy on attacks in Russia; Photos show new Russian hangars; Body count from hypermarket now 19; Finland OKs use of its weapons over the border; Moscow gains near Kharkiv.
Ukraine is countering with drone swarms, artillery strikes, and local counterattacks by elite infantry units. Kyiv is claiming it’s even taking prisoners, but the Kremlin assaults keep on coming.
Poland’s deputy defense minister backed up an earlier statement by the country’s foreign minister to allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia with the weapons Warsaw has provided.
The clause, included in the agreement signed by Ukraine and Belgium on Tuesday, prohibits Kyiv from using Belgian military aid to strike targets outside of Ukrainian territory.
Some in the West have asked President Zelensky not to pressure individual allies to support a definitive, prescribed timetable for Ukrainian accession.
The warning came as French President Macron said Kyiv should be allowed to "neutralise" Russian military bases from where Kremlin troops are firing missiles into Ukraine.
Fifteen EU and NATO countries have contributed over €1.6 billion ($1.7 billion) to the Prague initiative to supply Kyiv with ammunition and weapons from outside Europe.
Ukraine’s largest construction mall network will provide financial aid for those wounded in a recent strike in Kharkiv, apart from covering the funeral costs for families of people who died.
Zelensky inks agreement in Lisbon after touring F-16 base in Belgium; Putin warns against strikes within Russia, as White House holds tight on policy; Czechs say 155mm shells coming ‘within days’