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[global times special correspondent in russia xiao xinxin, liu yupeng and chen kang] on august 31, local time, ukraine sent a high-level delegation, including the first deputy prime minister, defense minister, officers of the general staff of the armed forces and the head of the presidential office, to visit washington and held meetings with senior us officials at various levels. regarding the specific purpose of the delegation's visit to the united states, ukrainian president zelensky made a clear request in a video speech in kiev that day that the united states and other western countries would allow kiev to use long-range weapons provided by the west to strike military targets deep in russian territory. according to russian media reports, ukrainian defense minister umerov also submitted to washington a list of targets in russia to be struck with us-made weapons. in recent times, although ukraine's attack on kursk, russia, has caused a sensation in western public opinion, zelensky even claimed a few days ago that he would personally go to the united states to submit a "victory plan." however, the situation of the russian-ukrainian conflict seems to be changing rapidly. zelensky admitted on august 31 that russia's recent largest-scale attack on ukraine has put the ukrainian army in a difficult situation in multiple directions on the front line. in this regard, russia today tv broadcast an interview with russian foreign minister lavrov on september 1. lavrov said that ukraine is trying to launch a large-scale war to get the united states and other nato countries to intervene and fight for ukraine. he said that russia's position on the negotiations is clear: "ukraine cannot join nato."

publicly naming the united states, britain, france and germany

according to the ukrainian independent news agency on september 1, on the evening of august 31, ukrainian president zelensky once again "publicly pressured" the united states and other western allies in a video speech. he said that the ukrainian delegation - the first deputy prime minister, the defense minister, the general staff of the armed forces and the head of the presidential office are currently in washington, and ukraine and the united states have held meetings at various levels. "one of the most important issues for us is the possibility of using (western-provided) long-range weapons to strike targets in russia, which is the key to preventing attacks on kharkiv and other cities and regions in ukraine."