This is reported by The Times newspaper, citing a source in the Pentagon.
“We do not say to Kiev: “Do not strike at the Russians (in Russia. -
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We cannot tell them what to do, ”TASS quoted the interlocutor as saying.
The only thing Washington insists on, according to the source, is that “Russian families should not become the goals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Earlier, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that the United States does not encourage Kyiv to strike at Russian territory, but intends to continue to provide Ukraine with the military assistance "it needs to protect itself."