“Keir Starmer added that the discussions would not be about “a single issue such as long-range missiles”.”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“We will discuss a number of issues, and we will listen carefully to what President Zelensky has to say, and that is exactly what will happen in the next few days,” Starmer replied, as quoted by The Guardian.
He added that the discussions will not be about “a single issue, such as long-range missiles,” but “a strategic, comprehensive direction for Ukraine to find a way through this and succeed in the fight against Russian aggression.”
Kyiv is trying to get permission to use British-French Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory with the support of Great Britain, but negotiations with the US are still ongoing, as the weapons use some American technology.
On the eve of his visit to the United States, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said that Ukraine needs “full range capability”, hinting at the need to lift restrictions on the use of Western weapons. He also said that the next week (the week of his visit to the USA) could become “in many ways decisive” in order to stop Russian aggression.
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On September 17, The Times wrote that Great Britain “will not act alone” in the matter of granting Ukraine permission to strike targets in Russia with long-range weapons.
The British government believes that American guidance systems are crucial to hitting targets with long-range missiles. London believes the U.S. is likely to authorize the strikes at the UN General Assembly session, which opens on September 10, although President Joe Biden’s administration is divided on this.
On September 16, the spokesman of the US State Department, Matthew Miller, in response to the journalists’ question whether the decision to strike long-range American weapons against targets in Russia had been made, replied that he had “no announcements” about changes in the White House’s policy on this issue.