approved ukraine to use us weapons to attack russia deep inside? biden: we are studying it
2024-09-12
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when asked whether the united states would approve ukraine's use of u.s. long-range weapons to attack russia, u.s. president biden said the government was "studying the issue," according to a reuters report on september 10. the report said the united states has been reluctant to provide or approve the use of weapons that can strike targets deep inside russia, fearing that doing so would lead to an escalation of the conflict.
reuters mentioned that when ukraine's western supporters provide weapons, they will impose restrictions on the manner and conditions under which the ukrainian army uses these weapons when attacking targets in russia, because they are worried that such attacks may trigger a counterattack from russia, leading to nato countries being involved in the conflict or triggering a nuclear conflict.
last week, reuters quoted sources as saying that the united states was close to reaching an agreement to provide such weapons to ukraine, but ukraine would need to wait for a few months because the united states had to resolve technical issues before delivering such weapons.
according to the ukrainian new voice website, a reporter from axios news network revealed that during his visit to kiev, us secretary of state blinken will inform ukraine that the united states will no longer prohibit ukraine from using the us-provided army tactical missile system (atacms) to attack the russian mainland.
juliegrace brufke, a reporter for axios news network in the united states, posted on the social platform x on the 10th that michael mccaul, chairman of the u.s. house foreign affairs committee, said in an interview on the 6th, "i talked to blinken two days ago. he will go to kiev with his british counterparts to basically tell them that they will be allowed (to use atacms to attack russia)."
later, brooke posted again that mccaul said in a statement, "i want to clarify that the secretary of state told me that atacms will be a key topic in his talks with ukraine in the uk, but he did not confirm that the biden administration will eventually allow ukraine to use atacms to attack military bases in russia. however, i took this opportunity to remind him that congress clearly instructed the biden administration to provide atacms to ukraine in the supplementary bill, and imposing restrictions on these weapons violates the intent of the bill. i hope they will reverse this destructive policy as soon as possible."
ukraine's new voice website mentioned that earlier reports said that british foreign secretary lamy and us secretary of state blinken planned to visit kiev this week. this will be the first "joint visit of this kind" between the us and the uk in more than a decade. blinken also said that us president biden will meet with british prime minister starmer on september 13 to discuss whether to allow the ukrainian army to attack deep into russia.
