Germany allows Ukraine to use supplied weapons against targets in Russia

Firefighters put out a fire after two guided bombs hit a large construction supplies store in Kharkiv (Andrii Marienko/AP)

Ukraine can use German-supplied weapons to defend against Russian attacks from positions just over their joint border, officials in Berlin have said.

The move marks a significant policy change that came a day after US President Joe Biden gave Kyiv the green light to strike back with American weapons at Russian military assets targeting the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv.