Biden praises himself as Ukraine bleeds and burns

 From the Washington Post:

"Biden team hails ‘lightning speed’ call on strikes in Russia. Meanwhile, Kharkiv burned

Washington finally allowed Kyiv to strike limited targets inside Russia with limited weapons. It might be too little, too late

By Michael Birnbaum, Ellen Nakashima, Siobhán O'Grady, Kostiantyn Khudov and Alex Horton

Updated June 1, 2024

 

Rescuers work at the site of the shelling of a residential building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Friday. (Sergey Kozlov/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

The White House this week said it moved at “lightning speed” to allow Kyiv to use U.S. weaponry to strike limited targets inside Russia, just 17 days after Ukraine came begging for the capability. But for Ukrainians who have weathered a punishing Russian assault on the northeast Kharkiv region, those 17 days of waiting are emblematic of a White House that has lagged repeatedly behind battlefield developments at the cost of Ukrainian lives."