Russia has made “tactical gains” in Kharkiv, a military expert told ABC News.
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From: ABC NEWS By Chris Boccia
The United States’ top military leaders said Monday that Russian President Vladimir Putin has opened “another front” in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine, home to the country’s second-largest city.
“Putin’s forces have opened another front to seize sovereign Ukrainian territory, and the Kremlin’s invaders are obliterating Ukrainian villages, killing innocent civilians and bombarding civilian infrastructure including dams and power plants,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told reporters after a meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group, an international working group coordinating defensive assistance for Kyiv.
Despite the Russian advance, the defense secretary said U.S. weapons shouldn’t be used beyond Ukrainian territory.
“Our expectation is that they continue to use the weapons that we provided on targets inside of Ukraine,” Austin said.
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