Next week, an already very public debate over whether Ukraine should be allowed to use long-range Western-supplied missiles on Russian soil will come under an even brighter international spotlight.

Much of the public discourse about arming Ukraine has revolved around whether the United States will send “long range” weapons. But that can mean different things.

Ukrainian Defense Forces targeted and destroyed Russian arsenals in the Tver and Krasnodar regions of the Russian Federation early Saturday morning.

The agreement for Ukrainians to use Western weapons on the territory of the Russian Federation is still a topic of discussion among Kyiv's Western allies. Moscow is taking stringent measures to prevent this,

U.S. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller stated that the United States is discussing with its partners the possibility of allowing Ukraine to use Western weapons against targets within Russia,