Not a word about red lines: the Kremlin reacted to the permission to strike deep into Russia
18 November 16:59
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the alleged permission of Ukraine’s Western partners to use their weapons to strike deep into Russia “escalating tensions”. He said this while answering questions from Russian propagandists, reports Komersant ukrainskyi
“You know, while there are publications in the Western media, it is obvious that the outgoing administration in Washington intends to take steps, in fact, they have talked about this, in order to continue to add fuel to the fire and continue to provoke further escalation of tensions around this conflict,”
– peskov commented.
As reported by , yesterday, according to the New York Times, US President Joe Biden for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use long-range ATACMS missiles to strike Russian territory.
Le Figaro added that Britain and France had given the same permission to use their weapons.
Today, some sources report that the authorization was actually only for strikes on the Kursk region of Russia.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has not officially confirmed that permission to strike with long-range missiles has been received, but he reminded that long-range capability for our army is one of the main points of the Victory Plan.
“The plan to strengthen Ukraine is the Victory Plan that I presented to our partners. One of the main points is the long-range capability of our army. Today, many in the media are saying that we have received permission to take appropriate actions. But strikes are not delivered with words. Such things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves. They will,”
– Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
In addition, according to military expert Oleh Zhdanov, “there is permission, but no missiles. And the arsenals have been removed.”
