US Secretary of State Blinken, after a trip to Kyiv, became a supporter of lifting the ban on attacks by American weapons on Russia.
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The New York Times writes about this, citing sources.
Led by the State Department, there is now vigorous debate within the administration about loosening the ban, which would allow Ukrainians to strike missile and artillery launch sites just across the Russian border, the article said.
But the proposal “is still in its infancy, and it is unclear how many of his colleagues in Biden’s inner circle supported it.”
The project has not yet been formally put forward by the US president, officials said.
Blinken’s position has changed because the Russians have opened a new front in the war, which has led to devastating results, the publication writes, citing participants in the discussions.
Let us recall that earlier the Pentagon rejected the possibility of attacks on Russia with American weapons. But a group of congressmen led by Speaker Mike Johnson the day before also called on Lloyd Ostier to allow the use of Western weapons to strike Russia.
Republican Michael McCaul tried to persuade the Biden administration to allow Ukraine to strike military targets inside Russia using ATACMS.
They will not be able to win with the restrictions that you have imposed on them, since the country cannot defend itself and respond to attacks, says the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee.
Blinken responded by repeating the thesis expressed in Kyiv that Ukraine should decide for itself.
But the Pentagon actually refutes the idea that “it must decide for itself.”
And Pentagon Speaker Pat Ryder said that there really is a ban on the use of American weapons on Russian territory.
Source: Racurs
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