US President Joe Biden's national security adviser said on Sunday that Russia's offensive into the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine has "stalled."

"The momentum of this operation in Kharkiv has stalled," Jake Sullivan told CBS. "Kharkiv is still under threat, but the Russians have not made any significant progress in the area in recent days."

Washington recently gave Kyiv the green light to use US-supplied weapons to defend the Kharkiv region, despite concerns that sanctioning such strikes could draw NATO into direct conflict with Russia.

"From the president's perspective, it was common sense," Sullivan said. "It just didn't make sense to stop the Ukrainians from firing across that border, hitting Russian guns and emplacements that were firing at the Ukrainians."

Biden, who is visiting France, met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Paris on Friday, reaffirming his support for the war-torn country.

Speaking on Saturday, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin "will not stop" in Ukraine.

"All of Europe is going to be at risk. We're not going to let that happen," Biden told reporters alongside French President Emmanuel Macron after talks at the Elysee Palace.

Russian troops have made their most significant territorial gains in 18 months since launching a surprise ground assault on the Kharkiv region in early May, seizing several Ukrainian border villages and forcing thousands of people to flee their homes.


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