Ukraine Defense Chief Briefs US Officials on Ongoing Offensive in Russia’s Kursk

Officials in Kyiv urge visiting lawmakers to allow Ukraine to use U.S. weapons to strike targets inside Russia.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov (L) greets United States Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin prior to their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Nov. 20, 2023. W.G. Dunlop/Pool/AFP via Getty Images

Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov has briefed a visiting delegation led by two U.S. lawmakers on Kyiv’s ongoing offensive in Russia’s Kursk region.

“The American delegation was informed about the current situation at the front,” Umerov said in a statement released by his ministry after the Aug. 21 meeting.