"feature" russian troops advance 1,000 square kilometers, the united states may "loosen" restrictions on the use of ukrainian weapons
2024-09-11
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russian troops advance 1,000 square kilometers, us may "loosen" restrictions on ukrainian weapons use
wang yijun
sergei shoigu, secretary of the russian federation security council and former defense minister, announced on the 10th that russian troops have advanced nearly 1,000 square kilometers in the donbas region since august. on the same day, us president joseph biden said that the us is studying the possibility of lifting restrictions on ukraine's use of us-made long-range weapons to strike targets deep inside russia.
[russian army advances]
the russian ministry of defense reported on the 10th that the russian army has taken control of several villages in donetsk, including krasnohorivka and vodiane. according to the russian satellite news agency, russian defense minister andrei belousov called to congratulate the russian army on its capture of the above-mentioned areas.
shoigu said in a televised speech on the 10th that the ukrainian army's raid on kursk, a russian border state bordering ukraine, last month was intended to improve its position in negotiations and disperse the russian army's deployment in the donbas region, but the russian army has accelerated its offensive against donbas.
shoigu also conveyed the position of president vladimir putin, saying that russia will not engage in dialogue with the ukrainian government as long as ukrainian troops remain on russian territory.
the general staff of the ukrainian armed forces said on the 10th that the ukrainian army was resisting the russian army in krasnohorivka and other places. according to ukrainian president vladimir zelensky, the ukrainian army is still stationed in pokrovsk and kurakhovye, where the fighting is most intense, but he did not disclose the specific battlefield situation.
ukrainian president zelensky is optimistic about the effect of the ukrainian army's sudden attack on kursk, saying that the action achieved multiple goals, including preventing the russian army from invading the ukrainian border area from the direction of kursk. however, putin said last week that ukraine's sudden attack on kursk did not delay the russian army's offensive in donetsk, and this military action instead led to a shortage of frontline troops in ukraine.
[us adds fuel to the fire]
when answering a reporter's question on the 10th about whether he would lift restrictions on ukraine's use of us-made long-range weapons to attack targets within russia, biden said that the us government is studying this issue.
the u.s. axios news website reported, citing michael mccaul, chairman of the house foreign affairs committee, as its source, that u.s. secretary of state antony blinken may have informed ukraine during his visit to ukraine on the 11th that the united states allows ukraine to use u.s.-made army tactical missile systems to strike targets within russia.
the u.s. army tactical missile system is equipped with a global positioning system and has a range that can cover military targets in crimea and other places.
according to the british "times" report on the 10th, citing british government sources, officials within the us government who are demanding "loosening" restrictions on the use of weapons in ukraine are trying hard to persuade biden and others that the us government may change its previous prohibition on ukraine from using us-made long-range weapons to attack targets in russia in the next few weeks.
in may, the us government agreed to ukraine's limited use of us-made weapons to strike targets in russia, but only in the russian border area bordering kharkiv oblast in northeastern ukraine, with the aim of repelling the russian offensive in kharkiv oblast. in addition, several nato member states support ukraine's use of western-supplied weapons to strike targets in russia.
putin previously warned that some western countries' proposal to allow ukraine to use foreign-supplied weapons to attack targets within russia was "playing with fire" and would lead to "serious consequences."
sputnik news agency quoted john mearsheimer, a professor of political science at the university of chicago, on the 11th as saying that the battlefield situation is developing in a direction that is favorable to russia. ukraine may admit at some point that it can no longer sustain the situation and agree to negotiate, "and russia will appear at the negotiation table as a winner." (end) (xinhua news agency special report)
