INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The White House said Wednesday it was contacting key United States ally Ukraine to learn more about the "objectives" of Kyiv's most
serious cross-border incursion into Russian territory in months."We're going to reach out to the Ukrainian military to learn more about
their objectives," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters when asked about the operation.Washington supported "common
sense" actions by Ukraine to stop attacks by Russian forces, Jean-Pierre added.President Joe Biden in May allowed Kyiv to use
American-supplied weapons against targets just across the Russian border to repel Moscow's push on the Kharkiv region.But White House
National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said separately that "nothing had changed" about the United States policy discouraging
broader strikes or attacks inside Russia.Thousands of civilians on both sides of the border have been evacuated after Ukraine launched the
cross-border incursion into Russia's Kursk region, now in its second day.United States State Department spokesman Matthew Miller
dismissed Moscow's condemnations of the Ukrainian attack."I have seen the statements from the Russian government
It is a little bit rich, them calling it a provocation, given Russia violated Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty," he told a
