Sen. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Saturday slammed President Biden's administration for continuing to provide long-range missiles to Ukraine, arguing it is a major escalation of the conflict.
Kennedy, in a statement on Twitter, criticized both Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. He made the comments in response to reports that the US is expected to authorise Ukraine to launch long-range missile attacks on Russian soil.
“Secretary Blinken, President Biden, STOP! Stop this reckless escalation. I say this not as a political partisan, but simply as a global citizen,” Kennedy wrote.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said his government would “take appropriate decisions based on the threat.”
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The United States and other Western countries have banned Ukraine from using NATO-supplied weapons to attack Russian territory and have demanded that they be used only for defensive purposes.
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Since then, however, Ukraine has launched multiple incursions into Russia in an attempt to turn the tide of the conflict. Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky Putting pressure on the US and NATO Lift targeting restrictions for a few months.
But Putin drew a red line on Thursday, saying “this means that NATO countries, the United States and European countries are at war with Russia.”
The United States and NATO could lift restrictions on Ukraine attacking targets inside Russia. (Reuters/Mike Seeger)
“If that is the case, we will take appropriate decisions based on the threat posed to us, keeping in mind the changing nature of this conflict,” he added. Translation posted by NBC News.
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During his invasion of Ukraine, Putin has threatened conflict with the US and NATO and warned the West not to intervene, but international support for Ukraine has made the invasion costly for Putin.
Kennedy Jr. said it would be a “reckless escalation” for the United States to continue sending long-range missiles to Ukraine. (Photo/Stephen Jeremiah)
“Putin's war in Ukraine has been a disaster, with hundreds of thousands of dead and wounded, a brain drain, a million Russians fleeing, Sweden and Finland joining NATO, the list goes on,” former CIA Moscow station chief Dan Hoffman told Fox News Digital. “His only success has been using nuclear brinkmanship and other threats to dissuade the Biden administration from giving Ukraine what it needs to defend itself when it needs it.”
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Hoffman said Putin's comments were likely aimed at Biden and his administration, which has repeatedly delayed financial aid to Ukraine. Sorely needed defense equipment Initially, they planned to deploy tanks, F-16s, and long-range ATACMS missiles, but then changed course and ultimately agreed to send the most advanced weaponry.
“He makes these threats because he knows it works,” Hoffman argued. “We [Ukrainians] Wage war.
Fox News' Caitlin McFaul contributed to this report.
