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according to the latest news from afp on the 21st, ukrainian president zelensky said on the 20th local time that the united states and britain have not yet approved ukraine to use long-range missiles to attack targets in russia.

zelensky photo source: ukrainian presidential palace official website

"neither the united states nor the united kingdom has given us permission to use these weapons on russian territory, against any targets at any distance. we have not used long-range weapons against targets on the territory of the russian federation,"zelensky added that he believed the us and uk were concerned about an "escalation" of hostilities.

according to previous reports by russian media, russian president's press secretary peskov said on september 11 local time that if the united states allows ukraine to use long-range weapons to strike targets deep inside russia, russia will respond accordingly. "russia's response will be corresponding. there is no need to wait for any response (from russia). russia's special military operation against ukraine is a response." peskov said, "every similar decision made collectively by the west is a proof of the correctness and necessity of the special military operation." according to ria novosti, russian president vladimir putin had previously warned that nato countries were "playing with fire" by proposing to allow ukraine to use foreign-aided weapons to strike targets inside russia.

source: global times/zhang xiaoya