Kyiv banned from attacking Russia because of one mistake by British PM, – The Telegraph

The inexperience of Britain’s new leader gave the Americans the opportunity to veto the use of even British weapons.

Ukraine still cannot carry out deep strikes on Russian territory with Western missiles due to a mistake by the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. At least this concerns the Storm Shadow missiles, writes the British The Telegraph .

The author of the publication, Con Coughlin, notes that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky failed to lift restrictions on the use of Western missiles against Russia during his September visit to the United States. However, the very need to beg Joe Biden for such permission, according to Coughlin, is a consequence of the “incompetence” of the new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

The journalist recalled that Ukraine had received Storm Shadow missiles from the previous British government. At that time, the British allowed these missiles to be used against Crimea, allegedly without asking permission from the US.

“Despite the [British] missile systems relying on US tracking and guidance systems, Conservative ministers merely informed the US about the use of the missiles rather than asking Washington’s permission to carry out the strikes,” Coughlin writes.

The new British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, who came to power this summer, although he took a course towards further support for Ukraine, turned out to be clumsy in the role of the head of state, the journalist believes. Ukraine has probably become a victim of Starmer’s political inexperience in the issue of missile restrictions.”As prime minister, he set a new precedent by first asking the Americans for permission to use the weapons system, thereby allowing Washington to veto their use if it did not meet the Biden administration’s political goals. As a result, the Ukrainians now have a stockpile of Storm Shadow weapons, but cannot use them,” the journalist writes.

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