The decision had been expected for months. Ultimately, it comes at an extremely dangerous time for Ukraine. kyiv’s request to use long-range ATACMS missiles to attack military targets deep in Russian territory was accepted by US President Joe Biden, according to several official sources cited on Sunday, November 17, by US media.
The authorization is intended to allow Volodymyr Zelensky to approach potential peace negotiations in a better position as the Russian military continues to make territorial gains on the front and intensify its bombing of cities. During the night from Saturday to Sunday, dozens of drones and missiles were launched against the infrastructure of the country’s energy system, more than half of whose production capacities have been destroyed in similar attack campaigns in recent months. On Sunday afternoon, the Ukrainian president reacted very measuredly to the American announcement. “Strikes are not done with words. Things like that are not advertised. The missiles will speak for themselves.”stated Volodymyr Zelensky in the daily video he sends to his compatriots.
Obtain security guarantees
While Donald Trump, the president-elect of the United States, promised during his campaign that he would end the war. “in twenty-four hours”Zelensky said on Friday, in an interview with public television Suspilne, that Ukraine must “do everything possible so that this war ends next year, through diplomatic means”while warning that the country needed to strengthen its position on the battlefield in order to negotiate a lasting peace.
kyiv and its allies fear that a quick resolution to the war will inevitably lead to territorial concessions to Russia’s benefit and the abandonment of Ukraine’s aspirations to join the NATO military alliance. However, Ukrainian authorities still officially refuse to give up their territories and are seeking to obtain sufficient security guarantees to protect themselves from further Russian attacks in the event of a cessation of fighting, such as an official invitation to join NATO.
Russia wants to keep all the territories it occupies (about 20% of Ukraine today) and the assurance that kyiv will not join the Atlantic Alliance. For the moment, Russian President Vladimir Putin seems to want to press his advantage on the front line, where his army is advancing at the cost of heavy losses in several areas of the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, while Ukrainian forces suffer losses. Lack of equipment and soldiers.
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