The Biden-Harris administration is considering the possibility of plunging the United States and other NATO countries into direct war with Russia, assuming Russian President Vladimir Putin is not bluffing about what he considers to be red lines.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian officials, including President Volodymy Zelensky, in Kyiv on Wednesday. Discuss It is also believed that the country is moving towards NATO and EU membership and may be escalating its defensive war against Russia.
addition announcement More than $700 million in additional aid to Ukraine Busy In a speech titled “Ukraine Success, Ukrainian Victory,” Blinken suggested embattled Ukraine might support using Western long-range weapons to attack targets deep inside Russia.
The United States has previously blocked the use of such weapons, fearing it would increase tensions.
The Times (UK) ShownBut the US and UK governments are under increasing pressure to relax these restrictions, including from the military-industrial complex, NATO and former members of the European political establishment.
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Andriy Sibikha Shown At a joint press conference on Wednesday, he stressed to Secretaries Blinken and Lammy the need to “remove all obstacles and restrictions to the use of British and American equipment against military targets on Russian territory.”
Blinken said he would raise the issue with President Joe Biden, who meets on Friday with Britain's left-leaning Prime Minister Keir Starmer in Washington, DC.
The reporters then asked the three if they could carry out a 190-mile-range American supersonic tactical ballistic missile and a British-made Storm Shadow Missilewith a range of about 155 miles. Ukraine already has the latter, but is only permitted to use them within its own territory.
“That would mean NATO countries, the United States and European countries would be at war with Russia.”
The reporter also asked whether Blinken and his colleagues remained concerned about “responding to escalating tensions with Russia.”
“We discussed long-range fires, but we also discussed a number of other things. As I said at the beginning, I will take those discussions back to Washington and report back to the president about what I heard,” Blinken said.
But Blinken suggested the US was open to lifting restrictions, saying: “Speaking for the United States, as you and I have said, from day one we have adjusted and adapted as needs change, as the battlefield changes, and I have no doubt we will continue to do so as the situation evolves.”
Regarding concerns about escalating tensions, Blinken said, “Of course, that's one factor that we always consider, but it's not the only factor and it's not necessarily the deciding factor.”
According to Putin told AFP news agency on Thursday that deregulation of long-range weapons “will significantly change the nature of the conflict.”
“It means that NATO countries, the United States and European countries are at war with Russia,” Putin added. 5,000 Nuclear warheads and Boast “If that were to happen, we would take into account the changing nature of conflict and make appropriate decisions based on the threats we face,” he said.
Putin said the decision to ease the restrictions was a matter of choosing “whether NATO countries will get directly involved in a military conflict.”
The Times (UK) quoted British government sources as saying the Biden-Harris administration could change its position before world leaders gather at the United Nations headquarters in New York later this month.
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