The war between Russia and Ukraine is entering its third year and fears of further escalation are not going away. US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinkenannounced on Wednesday that the White House would reconsider its rejection of Ukraine’s use of its long-range missiles to attack Russian territory. The move comes after Russia acquired Iranian missiles.
“This is a difficult time with the expansion of Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities and now Putin is further escalating his aggression with the acquisition of Iranian ballistic missiles,” Blinken said at a news conference after meeting with the Ukrainian president in kyiv. Volodymyr Zelenskyand his British counterpart, David Lammy.
Blinken said he would pass the information on to his president, Joe Bidento make a decision on Ukraine’s use of long-range US missiles on Russia. Lammy will do the same with his prime minister, Keir Starmer.
“If anyone is taking escalation measures, it’s probably Mr. Putin and Russia,” Blinken said, referring to the missile purchase IranThe head of British diplomacy stressed that we are witnessing “a new axis between Russia, Iran and North Korea”.
For fear of the reaction of MoscowWashington, London and other Kiev allies have the capacity to supply it with long-range missiles I have avoided it so far allow it to hit military targets in Russia. President Zelensky has been engaged for weeks in a diplomatic offensive to get the West to lift restrictions on the projectiles and, after this approach by Putin to Tehran, he could be closer to achieving that.
Kremlin response
The Kremlin was quick to respond to Blinken’s statements and warned of the escalation that would result from authorizing the USA in Kyiv to use long-range missiles.
“This is another possible step towards escalation by Washington. has full control of Kyiv and, undoubtedly, this regime cannot take a single step without the blessing of Washington and other allies,” Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said.
Riabkov defined it as “an alarming situation, dangerous and threatening” and was forceful about Washington’s plans to claim Russian nuclear power: “They live in a world of dark fantasies that they themselves create, of ghosts that haunt them, one of which is the idea that Russia, a nuclear powercan be defeated on the battlefield.
According to the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry PeskovThe West has probably already decided to allow kyiv to use long-range missiles.
“Most likely, these decisions have already been made,” Peskov said at a news conference on Wednesday.
