Pro-Ukraine Republicans Call Biden Allowing Ukraine to Hit Russia with U.S. Weapons a Half Measure

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    Pro-Ukraine House Republican chairmen on Friday said President Joe Biden allowing Ukraine to strike certain targets on Russia soil with American weapons is a half measure.

    U.S. officials said Biden had granted Ukraine “limited” authorization for Ukraine to strike Russia. Fox News reported:

    Biden had granted this request after Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA), House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH), and other lawmakers had pressed the president to authorize Ukraine to attack Russia with American-provided arms.

    This represents yet another escalation in Ukraine’s protracted conflict with Russia.

    However, Turner, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL), and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Mike McCaul (R-TX) in a joint statement referred to Biden’s decision as half-baked:

    Russian leader Vladimir Putin has warned that any NATO countries that let Ukraine strike with their weapons would face “major consequences.”

    The New York Times reported that Biden made Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky promise never to fire American-provided weapons into Russian territory to “avoid World War III.”

    Sean Moran is a policy reporter for Breitbart News. Follow him on Twitter @SeanMoran3.

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