Why there is still no permission to strike partners with weapons on Russian territory: the US position

Why there is still no permission to strike partners with weapons on Russian territory: the US position Melania Golembyovskaya

The White House said that Vladimir Putin's threats that allowing Ukraine to strike Russia with Western weapons would allegedly mean direct participation of NATO countries in the war are dangerous, although there is nothing new in this. There is one reason why the US cannot decide on this resolution.

The chief consultant of the National Institute for Strategic Studies Ivan Us told 24 Channel, that the Americans have not yet fully calculated the consequences and are afraid of changes. However, they will definitely cross this “red line”, as the US says.

Why is there still no permission to strike partners with weapons on Russian territory

According to the chief consultant, there are enough targets in Russia for the Ukrainian military. Even when the Russians pull their airfields further from the demarcation line, they understand that any aircraft takeoff is exploitation and that it requires covering a much greater distance.

The Kremlin's statements at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine were tougher than they are now. At that time it seemed that the whole world would be scared and Russia would achieve its goal, now it is clear that the threats of the aggressor country are not so terrible.

Despite the fact that the US is talking about escalation, I think that the main reason for the delay is that they have not fully calculated the consequences, – explained Us.

The chief consultant gave an example of why the US has such rhetoric. In August 1991, US President George Bush spoke in the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine and said that our country should not under any circumstances leave the USSR. This shows that the Americans are afraid of the “new world.”

In addition, he said that one of the American publications published an article in which it calculated that since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, the United States had crossed 34 “red lines.”

What seemed impossible to do, the United States did. The United States draws these lines, and then thinks about how to cross them beautifully, – noted Us.

As for Russia, their threats are always repeated. Because of this, no one takes them seriously anymore. The repetition outrages not only Ukrainians, but also Russians, who say that something else must be thought up.

I think that this permission will be granted. However, it will not be announced, which is correct. Let us use these weapons, and the US will say after the fact that they provided them to us, – the chief consultant emphasized.

By the way, Politico journalists suggested that the US and Great Britain could lift these restrictions as early as September, possibly at the UN General Assembly. Western officials claim that granting this permission will not change the course of the war globally, but they are open to dialogue.