Ukraine cannot use US-supplied weapons to strike Moscow or the Kremlin. Vladimir Putin is a dictator struggling to control Russia. These are two passages from the interview that Joe Biden, president of the United States, gives to ABC at the American cemetery in Normandy on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of D-Day.
In the previews released by the network, Biden focuses on the topic of the moment in relation to the war in Ukraine. Kiev has just obtained the approval of its Western partners to use weapons supplied by NATO to strike military targets on Russian territory near the border. The American green light, in particular, does not allow the launch of Atacms missiles – capable of reaching targets 300 km away – towards Russia.
Ukrainians “are allowed” to use American weapons “near the border”on Russian territory, when there are attacks against “specific targets” in Ukraine, Biden says, according to which “we are not authorizing attacks 200 miles inside Russia or attacks on Moscow, on the Kremlin.”
Putin, answering questions from international agencies yesterday, reiterated that “the supply of high-precision weapons to Ukraine for attacks on Russian territory constitutes direct participation in this war”.
Are the words of the Russian president a cause for concern? “I have known him for over 40 years, he has been a cause for concern for over 40 years. He is not a person with dignity. He is a dictator and is struggling to keep his country together as the aggression continues. We are not talking about providing weapons to strike Moscow or the Kremlin”, repeats Biden, reiterating that American weapons are used to strike “just across the border”, from where “significant attacks are launched by the Russians with conventional weapons against the Ukraine and to kill Ukrainians.”
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