NO UK, US GO-AHEAD TO USE LONG-RANGE MISSILES: ZELENSKY

Sun 22 September 2024:

The United States and Britain have not authorised Ukraine to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia, fearing an escalation of hostilities, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said, hinting he hoped US leader Joe Biden would change his mind.

Zelensky was speaking late on Friday ahead of a crucial trip to the United States next week, during which he is due to discuss proposals for ending the fighting with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and ex-leader Donald Trump.

Kyiv has for weeks been pressing the West to allow it to use Western-supplied long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia, arguing it could change the course of the war, two and a half years after Moscow’s invasion of its neighbour.

“Neither America nor the United Kingdom gave us permission to use these weapons on the territory of Russia, on any targets, at any distance,” Zelensky told reporters.

“I think they are worried about an escalation.”

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that if Ukraine uses long-range weapons supplied to it by the West to strike targets inside Russian territory, that would signify NATO countries were also at war with Russia.

But Zelensky hinted he had not given up hope that Biden — who has four months left in office — could make a U-turn in time for a “historic mission” to make “important decisions for Ukraine”.

“We have had some decisions in the history of our relationship with Biden — very interesting and difficult dialogues,” the Ukrainian leader said.

“He later changed his point of view.”

A close adviser to Biden said this month he would use his remaining time in office to “put Ukraine in the best possible position to prevail”.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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