British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said he had a “broad discussion” with US President Joe Biden on Ukraine strategy and plans to discuss it further at the UN General Assembly scheduled for late September.
Earlier, the White House, in its final statement after President Biden’s meeting with Starmer, did not announce the US leader’s decision to allow long-range strikes by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Western missiles on Russian territory. Before the meeting, Biden told White House reporters that the issue would be discussed in talks with Starmer.
“This meeting was not about any specific decision… We will definitely meet again at the UN General Assembly in a few days with a larger group of people.” Starmer told reporters after meeting Biden.
The prime minister described his talks with Biden as “long and productive” but did not elaborate on the decision they made regarding Ukraine’s possible use of Western weapons on Russian territory.
Former White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre He said at a briefing that following negotiations between US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, we should not expect any announcement on permission for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to use Western long-range missiles on Russian territory.
On Friday, the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov He stated that the statement of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin The information on the consequences of attacks with Western weapons on Russia is extremely clear and unequivocal, there is no doubt that it reached its intended recipients.
Russian President Vladimir Putin previously stated that NATO countries are now discussing not only the possible use of long-range Western weapons by Kiev, but are actually deciding whether they will directly participate in the Ukrainian conflict. The direct involvement of Western countries in the Ukrainian conflict will change its essence; Russia will be forced to make decisions based on the threats created in this way, he added. Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian president, Dmitry Peskov, answering a question about the possible reaction of the Russian Federation to new attacks on Russian territory, noted that this is known to the Head of State and the military, “that they are taking appropriate countermeasures and preparing for them.”
