Oleg Davygora01:23, 24.08.24
One White House official said the use of Storm Shadow or ATACMS against Russia may not be as effective as advertised.
The US does not want to give Ukraine permission to strike its long-range weapons on Russian territory – in the hope of resetting its relations with Moscow in the future, Politico writes , citing sources.
The White House and the Pentagon claim that Ukraine has the potential to win without this, the publication’s source said.
Part of the discussions concerns allowing British Storm Shadow missiles, already in the Ukrainian arsenal, to strike Russian airfields and supply depots inside Russia. Because the missiles contain American components, the Biden administration would have to agree to their use. The British government has not yet made a formal request, though it is conducting an internal review, and the Biden administration is aware of the issue, according to officials on both sides of the Atlantic.
One White House official said that using Storm Shadow or ATACMS against Russia may not be as effective as advertised. In addition, the Ukrainian military has a limited supply of such missiles, and those it does have may not reach critical Russian targets that are already out of their range.
“Ninety percent of the aircraft that launch glide bombs” from Russian airspace at Ukrainian civilian infrastructure are already beyond the range of those missiles,” a senior US administration official told the publication.
In response to the Ukrainians’ request, the White House said the United States would eventually want to reset relations with Moscow, and lifting restrictions on long-range strikes could undermine those efforts.
Some in the upper echelons of Biden’s national security apparatus believe Kyiv may be launching a public campaign to hedge against any potential significant loss of ground in Ukraine in the coming months, according to one person familiar with internal conversations between Washington and Kyiv.
Ukrainians say they need more freedom of action and remain optimistic they can achieve it.
“There are some signs now that Biden might want to do something big in Ukraine – maybe lift some restrictions – before the election, now that he’s not running,” said one senior Ukrainian adviser.
Permission to strike Russia – details
The US already allows the use of its long-range missiles on Russian territory, but only for defensive purposes – as counter-battery fire to hit Russian missile launchers just across the border firing at Ukraine.
“Our policy is to allow Ukraine to conduct counterfire to defend against Russian attacks coming through that border region – and that border region includes Kursk – and includes Sumy,” Pentagon spokeswoman Sabrina Singh told reporters in Russia.
Ukrainians fighting in Russia are already using the American High Mobility Artillery Rocket System to hit bridges, supply depots and Russian units, using precision-guided munitions with the blessing of the United States.
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“The US does not want to give Ukraine permission to strike its long-range weapons on Russian territory – in the hope of resetting its relations with Moscow in the future”
I didn’t think this administration would fall this low, if that’s true.
Terrorist states are being spared to the detriment of the survival of countries like Ukraine! Is this current US foreign policy? The bonus for the most violent, an encouragement to more terror!
Crazy!
Even if the (insane) objective were to reestablish relations with Russia, what do you think you can expect from this Russia?
A state which perpetuates a genocide with the massive support of its population, which deports children, which continues to nourish imperialist ideas (“our zone of influence must end in Berlin”) and which threatens democracies on a daily basis?
No relationship can be restored with Russia before an internal revolution and major political change.
“The US does not want to give Ukraine permission to strike its long-range weapons on Russian territory – in the hope of resetting its relations with Moscow in the future…”
The Biden administration is already one of our country’s worst in history. By stooping this low in the face of MASSIVE war crimes in Ukraine and elsewhere, the election interferences, assassinations across the Western world, cyberattacks, technological thefts, propaganda campaigns, and general terrorism, this administration is reaching new depths in the shit-filled swamp of crappy politics.
I spit at Biden and his crew of gangsters!
“…senior officials in the White House and the Pentagon continue to shoot down any suggestion that the administration is thinking about changing its policy when it comes to allowing Ukraine to use American weapons outside of very specific instances inside Russia near the border. They maintain Ukraine has the authorities it needs to win.”
Politico cited sources, huh? Senior White House officials? Gee thanks. Do they have a name? Like maybe Jake Sullivan? Barack Obama? Or are you just making things up, Politico? Whatever the source, it’s a damn lie. What the White House is really thinking is as long as white people are killing white people, what’s the problem?
“What the White House is really thinking is as long as white people are killing white people, what’s the problem?”
Someone needs their brain checked for worms.
Nice to be able to express our opinions without some AI robot censoring us, isn’t it?
Dear Oleg Davygora and UNIAN. Your headline is click bait. There’s nothing new in this article. Moreover, Politico dos not cite its sources.
Ah, you poor Socialist. You just can’t handle it when someone criticizes your Marxist heroes. You’re just fine with anonymous sources against Trump and Republicans but only when you agree with it. The fact is, Bidenov allowed the invasion of the Crimea and allowed the full on invasion of Ukraine, Fucking period. Get used to it snowflake.
This headline is total BS. Below is a link to the article in question from Politico. Nowhere in the full article does it mention anything about resetting relations with mafia land. The guys at Unian need to stop this BS of making their own clickbait headlines.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/23/ukraine-biden-weapons-restrictions-00176210
Last sentence of the article:
“Officials in certain corners of the administration have told the Ukrainians that the U.S. will eventually want to RESET relations with Moscow and lifting the restrictions could upend those efforts.”
However, similar statements have been made multiple times. It’s been said that holdovers from the Obama administration. including Jake Sullivan and Harris’s advisor, Phil Gordon, are in on the idea that Russia must not break up because Putin is a “rational actor” and the alternative is warlords with loose nukes. Therefore, the goal is actually a frozen conflict.
It depends on who is elected in November as to whether there will be any reset. The last one from Obama didn’t work out too well.