Pentagon restricts Ukraine’s use of US missiles against Russia, WSJ reports

Washington (Reuters) -Pentagon quietly prevented Ukraine from using the US-based army tactical missile systems (ATACMs) to hit the targets within Russia, and limited Kyiv’s ability to use these weapons in Moscow’s occupation.

The Reuters could not confirm the report immediately.

The news came when US President Donald Trump was more disappointed in the three -year -old war and could not provide a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine.

After a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and a meeting with European leaders and European leaders and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Trump said in a statement on Friday that he was considering slapping Russia with economic sanctions again or moving away from the peace process.

“I will make a decision about what we are doing, and this will be a very important decision, and we say that it is big sanctions or big tariffs or both or not, or we have nothing and war.” He said.

He hoped to hold a bilateral meeting between Trump, Putin and Zelenskiy, but it was difficult. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told NBC on Friday, said there was no agenda on a site with Zelenskiy.

“Putin is ready to meet with Zelenskiy when Putin is ready for a summit. And this agenda is not ready at all.” He said.

While the White House tried to persuade Putin to participate in peace talks, a approval process in the Pentagon prevented Ukraine from starting in -depth strikes on the Russian territory.

The magazine said that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the last promise of the use of long -range weapons.

Neither the Ukraine’s presidential office nor the Ministry of Defense immediately responded to Reuters’ request for comments outside the working hours. The White House and Pentagon did not respond immediately to comments.

(Reporting by Bipasha dey and Lidia Kelly in Bengaluru in Bengaluru;