Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been pressuring his Western allies to allow the use of their long-range weapons deep inside Russia. He wants all restrictions on their use lifted so he can strike airfields, ammunition depots, and other strategic targets within Russian territory.
Reporter: Will you lift restrictions on the use of long-range weapons by Ukraine?
— RT (@RT_com) September 11, 2024
Biden: We're working that out right now pic.twitter.com/u8yYqvOBrC
Currently, Western weaponry can only be used in self-defense; striking inside Russia would be seen as offensive and would violate pre-negotiated agreements with Western backers.
US President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that his team is “working on it.”
This morning, Moscow announced it would respond “appropriately” if the United States were to formally allow Kyiv to use its weapons for strikes inside Russia.
Hundreds of $Billions of Dollars funding a lost Ukraine war…
— 𝔹𝕦𝕕 & ℂ𝕒𝕤𝕖𝕪… (@bud_cann) September 6, 2024
An entire generation of Ukrainians dead or crippled…
Beautiful Ukraine decimated city by city…
Biden’s administration approves more powerful weapons…
Russia escalates their attacks…
One NATO country after another… pic.twitter.com/ky7hbiGxx6
The US government has sent nearly $200 billion in aid and weapons to Ukraine since the start of the war in February 2022.
Removing the self-defense restriction would be a significant development and would likely escalate tensions between Russia and the US—both nuclear superpowers. It has been reported that Iran has been supplying Russia with munitions, as well as China, which has increased wartime manufacturing to aid Putin’s efforts in Ukraine.
Joe Biden is going to discuss with the British prime minister on Friday the authorization for Ukraine to hit Russian Federation with long-range weapons. This was announced by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. pic.twitter.com/T8GwWlWMQS
— Michael Kulakov (@mickulakov) September 10, 2024
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken is set to visit Kyiv on Wednesday, ostensibly to discuss the potential removal of the offensive weapon ban.
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