President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that only four states can authorise long-range strikes. The head of state said this at a joint briefing with Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris, Komersant ukrainskyi
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“We need permission to use long-range weapons from the countries that provide us with these long-range weapons. And it depends on them. And to be honest, it does not depend on the coalition of all friendly partners, all countries of the world,” he said.
The Head of State noted that the decision to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons depended on four specific countries: The United States, the United Kingdom, France and Germany.
“Today, only these four countries either provide or are able to provide long-range weapons that can help us push Russia out of our territory and save civilian lives,” the head of state explained.
As reported , earlier Patrick Ryder said that the United States does not seek conflict with Russia, but “simply supports a democratic country”.
Western weapons and permits for their use
As is well known, the United States(and Germany after them) allow the use of weapons provided by them only for strikes on the border territories of Russia. This permission was granted by US President Joe Biden only at the end of May, and before that, strikes on Russian territory with US weapons were generally prohibited.
However, towards the end of June, unofficial statements were heard from the US side that the restrictions “do not apply to geography or a certain radius”. This means that Ukraine is allegedly able to strike at those facilities and territories from which attacks on Ukraine are directly directed, even if they are deeper than the border areas.
According to experts, border strikes will not change the situation at the front, so Zelenskyy is asking his partners for permission to use their weapons on Russian territory. Some Western countries have already given such permission.