US President Joe Biden will hold bilateral talks with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday, in which the leaders of the two countries are expected to decide on the possibility of lifting the current ban on Ukrainian military strikes with long-range Western weapons deep inside Russian territory.
The talks between the leaders of the two countries will take place at the White House and will be the second for Biden and Starmer since the confirmation of the British Chief of Staff. Although the US administration has announced a number of topics for discussion, including military operations in the Gaza Strip, the protection of shipping in the Red Sea and bilateral relations between Washington and London, Ukraine will be the central topic on the agenda of the meeting.
The main intrigue of the upcoming event remains the question of whether the United States and Britain will give Ukraine permission to strike with Western weapons deep into Russian territory outside Crimea and annexed regions that are not subject to such restrictions.
On Thursday the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin He said that Ukraine, without the help of the West, cannot launch attacks deep into the territory of the Russian Federation; for this, it needs intelligence data from NATO countries’ satellites and flight missions. The head of the Russian state warned that the direct involvement of the West in the Ukrainian conflict changes its essence; Russia will be forced to make decisions based on the threats posed to it in this way.
US Secretary of State Antonio Blinken He said on Wednesday that he would convey to Biden the results of the debate on this issue after his visit to kyiv. The head of the British Foreign Office also intended to do the same. David Lammyaccompanying the head of the State Department.
