“Veiled permission”: under what conditions will the United States lift the ban on strikes by Western weapons on Russia

Defense forces strike at military targets on Russian territory with their weapons, and more recently – with British ones. Ukraine has appealed to the White House with a request to lift restrictions on the use of American weapons. Kyiv is working to resolve this issue.

Given that the United States recently approved a military assistance package that provides for serious types of weapons. Stanislav Zhelikhovsky, an international relations expert and candidate of political sciences, spoke about this 24 Channel, noting that American weapons can be used for critical purposes that help Russia wage war against our state .

“For now, as for me, the American side will try, at least publicly and officially, to prevent this,” said the international affairs expert.

Under what condition can the United States lift the ban

Zhelikhovsky suggested that Washington, for several reasons, may not grant Ukraine permission to use American weapons on military targets on Russian territory:

• fears escalation from Russia;
• fears the transfer of war to other countries, in in particular, the EU and NATO.

Probably if Russia does not want to sit down at the negotiating table on Ukraine’s terms, then the US may reconsider its position.Strikes with Ukrainian weapons are already causing serious damage to the Kremlin. You can imagine what will happen with the use of American weapons. To prevent this from happening, the aggressor country must compromise and consider the points proposed by our state and partners. Now America is trying to explain to Russia that it is not worth escalating the conflict and prolonging the war.

“This could be a warning for Russia. That's why we saw Antony Blinken's visit during Russia's offensive in the Kharkov region He made it clear that Ukraine has not yet been given permission to use it, although supposedly it can do so in the future. I assume that this may be precisely because of Russia’s refusal to sit down at the negotiating table and enlist the support of China. which the US Secretary of State recently visited. There may be a logic between all these events,” noted Stanislav Zhelikhovsky.

The use of Western weapons in Russia : what is known

• British Foreign Secretary David Cameron paid a visit to Kyiv on May 3. He stated that Ukraine has the right to use British weapons on Russian territory. Cameron also announced the provision of 3 billion pounds sterling in annual military assistance to our state.
• At the same time, Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said that Rome is transferring weapons to Ukraine only for use within the country. Italy opposes the use of its weapons against Russia and the sending of NATO troops to Ukraine.
• On May 1, the head of the Latvian Foreign Ministry, Baiba Braze, said that Ukraine had received Western weapons with permission from some partners strike on Russian territory. However, she did not name which countries lifted the ban.