Attack on the Russian Federation with long-range weapons: US considers lifting restrictions on the Ukrainian Armed Forces – Biden

US President Joe Biden said the US is looking into allowing Ukraine to fire long-range weapons into Russian territory, Reuters news agency writes about this.

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The document notes that the United States is reluctant to supply or allow the use of weapons that can hit targets deep inside Russian territory, fearing an escalation of the conflict. Kiev’s other allies, meanwhile, are supplying the weapons but are imposing restrictions on how and when they can be used on Russian territory, fearing that such attacks could lead to retaliation that could drag NATO countries into war or trigger a nuclear conflict.

In addition, journalists recalled that last week sources told them that the United States was close to reaching an agreement on the supply of such weapons to Ukraine, but Kiev would have to wait several months until technical problems were resolved.

The media had previously reported that this was known The purpose of Antony Blinken’s visit to Kyiv on September 11Washington is expected to report on its positive decision regarding the attacks of the Russian Armed Forces on military facilities in the interior of the country.

Defense Express experts also said that if the US lifts the ban, the Ukrainian Armed Forces will receive it. The document states that Ukraine has only one type of long-range weapons manufactured in the US. These are ATACMS missiles in the M57 version with a unitary warhead capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 57 km. This is enough to hit targets in the Smolensk and Lipetsk regions. And from the front-line areas in the Donbass, it is possible to hit not only military facilities such as Millerovo and Yeisk air bases, but also targets near Rostov-on-Don, as well as the Shahedov launch site of Primorsko-Akhtarsk. .