There will be no meeting between Zelensky and Biden: Media misinterpreted Blinken’s words
12 September 2024 01:40
Due to an inaccurate interpretation of the words “our leaders”, the media spread information about a meeting between Biden and Zelensky. However, in fact, Blinken was talking about Biden and Starmer, not a meeting between the presidents of Ukraine and the United States, reports
Earlier
During the press conference, Blinken announced the meeting between the two officials.
“In two days, our leaders will meet in Washington,” he said, referring to the meeting between US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Biden will host Starmer in Washington on 13 September, and the meeting will also focus on Ukraine, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said.
During a press conference in Kyiv on 11 September, Blinken added that he had discussed “the issue of long-range capacity” in Ukraine and would relay what he heard to the US president.
Earlier , President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the decision to provide Ukraine with long-range weapons depends on four specific countries: The United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Germany.
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.
