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recently, ukrainian president zelensky called on western allies to lift all restrictions on the use of western weapons against targets in russia.

according to rt and reuters, russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said on the 27th local time that the west is "playing with fire" by considering allowing ukraine to use its missiles and other weapons to remotely strike targets in russia. he warned that world war iii would not be limited to europe.

pentagon press secretary ryder said on the same day that the policy has not changed. ukraine is allowed to use weapons provided by the united states to defend against cross-border attacks, but is not allowed to carry out "deep strikes" on russian territory.

russian foreign minister lavrov

zelensky calls for lifting restrictions on the use of long-range weapons, russia and the united states respond

according to cnn, after the russian army launched large-scale air strikes in many parts of ukraine earlier this week, zelensky vowed to retaliate against russia's attacks. in his speech, he pleaded with allies to lift restrictions on the use of western weapons for long-range strikes in russia.

he claimed that long-range strikes would help "destroy" russian forces at the "precise location" where russia launched its attack on ukraine.

according to reports from russia today (rt) and reuters, lavrov said at a press conference on the 27th local time that ukraine's request for the west to allow it to use "storm shadow" missiles to carry out deep strikes against russia was a threat, "an attempt to give people the feeling that the west wants to avoid excessive escalation of the situation, but in fact this is a trick, which is not the case. frankly speaking, the west is asking for trouble."

lavrov warned that the west would be on a dangerous path if it expanded its authorization for the use of weapons against ukraine.

"for a long time, we have been hearing speculation about the permission to use storm shadow and long-range missiles from the united states," lavrov said. "we repeat that this is playing with fire, like children playing with matches. this is a very dangerous thing for adult uncles and aunts who are entrusted with nuclear weapons."

he also said, "the americans clearly link this to discussions about world war iii, which, god forbid, if it happens, will only affect europe."

lavrov stressed that russia is "clarifying" its doctrine on the use of nuclear weapons.

reuters noted that russia's nuclear doctrine stipulates when the country's president can use nuclear weapons, namely "when the existence of the state is threatened" in response to an attack with nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction or conventional weapons.

in response to zelensky’s request, pentagon press secretary ryder said on the 27th local time, "our policy has not changed." ukraine is allowed to use weapons provided by the united states to defend against cross-border attacks, but is not allowed to carry out "deep strikes" on russian territory.

john kirby, spokesman for the white house national security council, also said on the 26th local time that the relevant restriction policies "have not changed."

the british "storm shadow" cruise missile has been equipped with the ukrainian army for a long time

on august 19, local time, in a speech to ukrainian ambassadors to many countries, zelensky asked them to continue to persuade western allies to lift all restrictions on the use of western long-range weapons on russian territory to provide "maximum" support to ukraine and ensure that they "remain consistent with ukraine in determination."

speaking about the ukrainian army's raid on russia's kursk oblast in the past two weeks, zelensky said the cross-border action showed that the west's red lines were "naive" and that they should agree to ukraine's request for long-range weapons without worrying about russia's potential response.

zelensky to present plan to biden and two us presidential candidates to end russia-ukraine conflict

according to reuters, zelensky said on the 27th that the russian-ukrainian conflict will eventually end with dialogue, but ukraine must be in a favorable position. he said that he would submit a plan to us president biden and the two presidential candidates. "the main purpose of the plan is to force russia to end the conflict. i very much hope that this will be fair to ukraine."

zelensky claimed that the nearly three-week invasion of russia's kursk region was part of that plan, which also included economic and diplomatic measures.

reports show that zelensky did not elaborate on the next steps, but he said he would discuss the plan with democratic presidential candidate harris and possibly republican presidential candidate trump.

zelensky also expressed his hope to go to the united states in september to attend the un general assembly.

reuters believes that zelensky's remarks indicate that he believes that a potential venue for dialogue is the second ukrainian "peace summit". ukraine has expressed the hope that russia will send representatives to participate.

after the ukrainian attack on russian territory on august 6, putin said that the reason why the kiev regime refused to resume peace talks was now clear. "it is obvious that the enemy is carrying out their will with the help of their western masters. the west is fighting russia at the hands of the ukrainians... seeking to improve (ukraine's) future negotiating position," he said. "but what can we talk about with those who indiscriminately attack civilians, civilian infrastructure, and try to threaten nuclear power plants?"

on august 19, lavrov also said that negotiations were impossible after ukraine invaded russia's kursk region on august 6.