U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has no answer as to whether the United States will grant Ukraine permission to use American weapons deep into Russian territories.
Sullivan said this on Friday, July 19, during a conference at the Aspen Institute, as quoted by Voice of America.
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According to him, this question was asked to the head of the White House, Joe Biden, after the NATO summit in Washington, and then he replied that the United States regularly monitors the situation and considers the needs of Ukraine. Already taking into account the existing factors, Washington is making appropriate judgments.
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Therefore, as the Russian-Ukrainian war changes, US support also changes, Sullivan says, and accordingly new opportunities are provided and parameters change.
— Therefore, I cannot give a definite answer to this question regarding the future, — said Biden's national security adviser.
At the same time, Jake Sullivan points out that now the position of the US President is that circumstances are changing and that is why the head of the White House granted permission to Ukraine to launch American weapons along the Russian border when a new offensive began from the north of the Kharkov region in May 2024.
— Russia was actually launching a new offensive just across the border in the direction of Kharkov, and common sense dictated that Ukraine should be able to respond to this offensive. And so the president said: “Yes, of course, go ahead!” But so far his policy regarding long-range strikes on Russian territory has not changed, — noted Sullivan.
In addition, continued the National Security Advisor to the President of the United States, American weapons are critical to this war, but it is not yet possible to say what the actions of the White House administration will be if the president changes.
