britain and the united states strongly hinted that they might lift restrictions on the use of weapons in ukraine, and russia said it would "make an appropriate decision"
2024-09-13
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on september 13th local time, british prime minister starmer will meet with us president biden at the white house, where the two sides will discuss the issue of allowing ukraine to use western long-range weapons to attack russia.
before the meeting between the two, british foreign secretary lamy and us secretary of state blinken recently visited kiev jointly and sent "strong hints" about lifting restrictions on the use of weapons in ukraine.
regarding the recent statements made by senior british and american officials, according to cctv news on september 13, russian president vladimir putin said that direct involvement of nato, the united states and european countries in the russia-ukraine conflict would greatly change the nature of the conflict, which means going to war with russia. russia will make appropriate decisions based on the threats it faces.
dmitry stefanovich, a researcher at the primakov institute of world economy and international relations of the russian academy of sciences, told the paper (www.thepaper.cn) during the 11th beijing xiangshan forum on september 12 that if the west lifts restrictions on the use of ukrainian weapons and strikes some sensitive targets in russia, the conflict will escalate sharply. "in this case, we may be on a path of conflict beyond the borders of ukraine, including in the west and north."
us, uk do not rule out lifting arms embargo on ukraine
according to the american political news website politico on september 12, biden will discuss with starmer whether to allow ukraine to use long-range missiles provided by the west to attack russia.
the report quoted military experts' analysis as saying that if the two sides reach any guidelines on (ukraine's use of) the uk's "storm shadow" cruise missiles during this meeting, it may also pave the way for the ukrainian army to launch the us-supplied "army tactical missile system" (atacms) at airports and military bases deep in russia.
according to the global times, the storm shadow has a range of about 250 kilometers. after being launched from a fighter jet, it can fly at speeds close to the speed of sound and its high-explosive warhead can penetrate solid bunkers.
ukraine received the long-range version of the army tactical missile system from the united states in april this year, with a range of more than 300 kilometers. the international institute for strategic studies (iiss), a us think tank, believes that the long-range version of the army tactical missile system has further enhanced the ukrainian army's ability to strike russian military targets.
the guardian reported on september 11 that before starmer and biden's meeting, us secretary of state blinken and british foreign secretary lamy recently visited kiev jointly.
the report believes that blinken gave the "strongest hint so far" that the united states will lift relevant arms restrictions on ukraine. it is understood that the relevant decision has been made privately.
the report quoted a british government source as saying that (britain) has decided that ukraine will use the "storm shadow" cruise missile, but it is not expected to be announced publicly when the british and us leaders meet on the 13th.
the source added that if there is no positive decision on the use of storm shadow, then blinken and lamy will not make a joint visit to kiev.
the guardian further stated that publicly announcing the deployment of long-range missiles in kiev would be considered an unnecessary provocation. ukraine's use of these missiles may still be restricted to avoid unnecessary attacks.
putin: if the west gives the green light, it means direct war with russia
according to reuters on september 13, in response to the possibility that the west might allow ukraine to use long-range weapons to attack russia, putin said that if western countries "give the green light" on this issue, it means directly fighting russia, which will change the nature and scope of the conflict.
russian foreign minister sergey lavrov chairs a meeting with foreign ambassadors on ukraine in moscow, russia, september 12, 2024, local time. visual china photo
according to reports, this is putin's "most hawkish" remarks on the issue since the russia-ukraine conflict. putin said that the ukrainian army does not have satellite intelligence to use modern western-made long-range precision weapons systems, and the ukrainian army does not have the ability to operate the relevant systems. only soldiers from nato countries have this capability.
"it is not a question of allowing ukraine to use these weapons to strike russia, but a question of whether a nato country decides to directly get involved in a military conflict. if the west makes this decision, it will mean that nato countries, the united states, and european countries will directly participate in the russian-ukrainian conflict," putin said.
putin further stated that if the nature of the conflict changes, russia will "make appropriate decisions" based on the threats it faces.
according to a report by tass on september 12, russian deputy foreign minister ryabkov believes that the us statement that it may lift relevant restrictions on ukraine represents an attempt to exert psychological pressure on russia.
according to cctv news, russia's deputy permanent representative to the united nations, polyansky, recently stated that at russia's request, the un security council will hold a meeting at 10:00 am new york time on september 13.
(beijing time september 13, 22:00), a meeting was held on the issue of western weapons provision to ukraine.
poland supports lifting arms embargo on ukraine, iran denies accusation of aiding russia
there are different views on the issue of weapons transportation between the two sides in the russia-ukraine conflict.
according to reuters, after ending his visit to ukraine, blinken arrived in poland on september 12. at a joint press conference with polish foreign minister sikorski, sikorski called for "continued provision of advanced air defense systems (to ukraine) and lifting restrictions on ukraine's use of long-range weapons."
politico said that for a long time, ukraine's allies such as the united states have refused to give ukraine the "green light" to use long-range missiles to strike russia because these countries are worried that russia will escalate the war by retaliating against nato targets, such as the key weapons supply center in rzeszow, poland.
the report said iran's accusation of shipping missiles to russia changed the minds of these western countries.
reuters said that due to the above allegations, iran has recently been subject to new sanctions from the united states, britain, germany and france, including measures against its national airline, iran air.
al jazeera reported that iranian foreign minister araghchi responded on september 11 that iran has not yet delivered ballistic missiles to russia and that the united states and its allies are acting based on "false intelligence."
reuters said iran condemned the new sanctions imposed on the country. for this reason, the iranian foreign ministry summoned the heads of the british, french, german and dutch embassies in iran on the 12th to express its protest.
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