ANDThe president of the United States, Joe Biden, stressed this Thursday that Ukraine has authorization to use American weapons on Russian territory only when it is near the border, and said he is not especially worried about the latest threat from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
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The Biden Administration in late May gave Ukraine permission to attack inside Russia using US-supplied weapons such as rockets and rocket launchers, but only near the border with the Ukrainian Kharkiv area.
Already then it was clarified that Ukraine cannot use these weapons to attack civilian infrastructure or launch long-range missiles, such as the Army’s Tactical Missile System, to hit military targets in central Russia.
This Wednesday, Putin threatened Western countries with an “asymmetric” response if they supply high-precision weapons to Ukraine to launch attacks against targets in Russian territory.
ABC News He asked Biden if he is worried about these latest statements.
“I’ve known him for over 40 years. I’ve been concerned about him for 40 years. He’s not a decent man. He’s a dictator and he’s fighting to make sure he keeps his country together while continuing this attack. We’re not talking about giving them weapons to attack Moscow, the Kremlin. Only on the other side of the border,” he stated in an excerpt from that interview, which will be broadcast in full this Thursday.
US apologizes to Ukraine for delay in military aid
Biden and Zelensky met today in Paris as part of the visits that both make to France as part of the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings.
“The United States will be at your side,” said Biden while expressing his regret for the delay of several months in the approval of the almost $61 billion package, which finally received approval from the House of Representatives last April. , after months of blockade.
Zelensky thanked Biden for the “tremendous support” and, within the tone of the interventions these days in France, compared it to the action of the United States in the liberation of Europe during World War II.
“We count on your continued support and on you being with us,” he added. Washington’s support shows Ukrainians “that we are not alone,” she stressed.
He also appreciated that the Vice President of the United States, Kamala Harris, is Washington’s representative at the meeting on peace in Ukraine organized by Switzerland this month, with the attendance of more than a hundred countries and international organizations.
White House sources indicated that the new aid of $225 million will be used to supply more ammunition, also for air defense against Russian attacks on the Ukrainian power grid.
Bombing in Russian-controlled Ukrainian region leaves three dead
The main city, also called Lugansk, suffered a “massive” missile bombardment, the Moscow-designated regional authority reported.
The Russian Emergency Situations Ministry said the attack caused a residential building to collapse.
“Unfortunately three people died,” the ministry said on Telegram.
Russian-appointed authorities reported that the bombing left 35 people injured, including several children.
The Russian Defense Ministry stated that “five American-made ATACMS missiles” deliberately hit “residential areas of the city of Luhansk.”
Efe and AFP
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