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I thought this had been the situation for a while. Didn't they publicly back this very briefly before quickly walking it back?
I really hope this changes and Ukraine gets full approval to do what they need to defend themselves but the headline seems misleadingly optimistic.
Someone please jump in to tell me I'm mistaken about this though because I would absolutely love to be.
You are probably thinking of the use of HIMARS for only very limited use inside Kharkiv
No, he's correct about Storm Shadow, this is from back in July:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/storm-shadow-missile-british-russia-ukraine-b2577953.html