In what could lead to a major United States policy change, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged on Tuesday, Sept. 10, that he’ll be discussing the possibility of Kyiv using long-range weapons against Russia during his trip to Ukraine on Wednesday, Sept. 11. The revelation came during a joint press conference with Blinken and United Kingdom Foreign Secretary David Lammy.
A reporter asked whether the U.S. restriction on long-range weapons it supplied to Ukraine would be lifted for Kyiv to strike deep within Russian territory.
“So, I can tell you is we’ll be listening intently to our Ukrainian partners,” Blinken said. “We’ll be reporting back to the prime minister to President Biden in the coming days and I fully anticipate this is something they’ll take up when they meet Friday.”
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While Blinken provided limited details, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul did not take the same approach. He said that Blinken is traveling to Kyiv to tell Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy he can begin striking deep within Russia with Storm Shadows and ATACMS, which are ground-launched missiles.
Up to this point, the United States barred Ukraine from using the long-range missiles from being fired deep within Russian territory. However, the reported U.S. accusations that Iran supplied Russia with short-range ballistic missiles may have reportedly led to the U.S. possibly lifting the restrictions.
President Joe Biden had previously given the all-clear for Ukraine to fire U.S.-supplied weapons into Russian territory in self-defense and with limited range around the border. However, Biden stopped short of allowing them to use the weapons any further over fears it could escalate the conflict.
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[RYAN ROBERTSON]
IN WHAT COULD BE A MAJOR CHANGE IN U-S POLICY…
U-S SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN ACKNOWLEDGED HE’LL BE DISCUSSING THE POSSIBILITY OF KYIV USING LONG-RANGE WEAPONS AGAINST RUSSIA DURING HIS TRIP TO UKRAINE.
THE REVELATION COMING AFTER A REPORTER POSED THE QUESTION AT A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH BLINKEN AND U-K FOREIGN SECRETARY DAVID LAMMY.
TAKE A LISTEN.
[ANTONY BLINKEN]
SO, ALL I CAN TELL YOU IS WE’LL BE LISTENING INTENTLY TO OUR UKRAINIAN PARTNERS. WE’LL BOTH BE REPORTING BACK TO THE PRIME MINISTER TO PRESIDENT BIDEN IN THE COMING DAYS AND I FULLY ANTICIPATE THIS IS SOMETHING THEY’LL TAKE UP WHEN THEY MEET ON FRIDAY.
[RYAN ROBERTSON]
WHILE BLINKEN IS COY ON THE DETAILS– HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS CHAIRMAN MICHAEL MCCAUL IS NOT TAKING THE SAME APPROACH.
ASSERTING BLINKEN IS TRAVELING TO KYIVE TO TELL UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLOLDYMYR ZELENSKYY WILL SOON GET THE GO-AHEAD TO START STRIKING DEEP INTO RUSSIA WITH U-K SUPPLIED STORM SHADOW MISSILES AND U-S SUPPLIED ATACMS–WHICH ARE THE GROUND-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILES, THE U-S HAS, SO FAR, BARRED FROM BEING FIRED DEEP INTO RUSSIAN TERRITORY.
THE POSSIBLE LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS COMES AFTER THE U-S ACCUSED IRAN OF SUPPLYING RUSSIA WITH BALLISTIC MISSILES.
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FOR STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS– I’M RYAN ROBERTSON.
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