UK’s Starmer, Biden discuss Ukraine’s use of deep-strike missiles inside Russia
Putin says such a change would mean Russia was at war with NATO.
ByAnne FlahertySeptember 14
President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met at the White House Friday to discuss how far Western allies might be willing to go to help Ukraine defend itself, including the possibility of allowing Ukraine to use European-made long-range missiles to strike certain targets deep inside Russia.
The talks come amid increased tension with Russia as President Vladimir Putin warned that the use of Western weapons to strike Russian targets would be seen as a serious escalation in the war and a direct challenge by NATO nations.
“Ukraine has a right to self defense, and we stood united, not just with allies here in the U.S., but across with our NATO allies. That’s very, very important,” Starmer told reporters after the meeting.
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Alarm in UK and US over possible Iran-Russia nuclear deal
Sep 14, 2024
Britain and the US have raised fears that Russia has shared nuclear secrets with Iran in return for Tehran supplying Moscow with ballistic missiles to bomb Ukraine.
During their summit in Washington DC on Friday, Keir Starmer and US president Joe Biden acknowledged that the two countries were tightening military cooperation at a time when Iran is in the process of enriching enough uranium to complete its long-held goal to build a nuclear bomb.
British sources indicated that concerns were aired about Iran’s trade for nuclear technology, part of a deepening alliance between Tehran and Moscow.
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Meeting With Biden, British Leader Hints at Ukraine Weapon Decision Soon
As the president deliberated with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, the question of whether to let Ukraine use long-range weapons in Russia was a rare point of contention between allied nations.
President Biden’s deliberations with Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain about whether to allow Ukraine to attack Russia with long-range Western weapons were fresh evidence that the president remains deeply fearful of setting off a dangerous, wider conflict.
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Ukraine war briefing: Biden, Starmer stop short of announcing Storm Shadow permission
Keir Starmer and Joe Biden have discussed letting Ukraine fire long-range, western-supplied missiles into Russia, while stopping short of any formal announcement. Vladimir Putin has threatened it would amount to Nato joining the war. The UK prime minister told reporters at the White House that he had a “wide-ranging discussion about strategy” with the US president but that it was not just a meeting about “a particular capability”.
Before the meeting, officials had said Starmer would press Biden to back his plan to let British Storm Shadow be used to strike inside Russia. Britain’s PM indicated he and Biden would discuss the plan at the UN general assembly in New York the week after next “with a wider group of individuals”.
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No new pledge on Ukraine missiles after Starmer-Biden talks
By Malu Cursino
Sep 14, 2024
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has held “productive” talks with US President Joe Biden about Ukraine – but he did not signal any decision on allowing Kyiv to fire long-range missiles into Russia.
Sir Keir said the talks in Washington concentrated on “strategy”, rather than a “particular step or tactic”.
The White House said the pair had also expressed “deep concern about Iran and North Korea’s provision of lethal weapons to Russia”.
Early on Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had launched over 70 Iranian-made drones across Ukraine overnight, and that his country needed more air defence and long-range capabilities “to protect life and our people”.
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No weapon can become game changer for Kiev — Pentagon
WASHINGTON, September 13. /TASS/. The US Department of Defense believes that no type of weapon will become a game changer allowing the Kiev government to emerge victorious in the current conflict, Pentagon Press Secretary Patrick Ryder told reporters at a regular briefing.
“I would point you to [Defense] Secretary [Lloyd] Austin’s comments at Ramstein [US air base] last week, where he highlighted there is no capability, <…> no silver bullet that is going to enable Ukraine to succeed,” he said.
Ryder added that, in Washington’s opinion, Ukraine should focus on employing capabilities currently at its disposal in a way that that gets them a stronger hand at the negotiating table.
Russia says Putin has sent clear message to the West on long-range missiles for Ukraine
MOSCOW, Sept 13 (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin has delivered a clear message to the West about the consequences it will face if it allows Ukraine to hit Russian territory with Western long-range missiles, the Kremlin said on Friday.
Putin said on Thursday that the West would be directly fighting with Russia if it allowed Ukraine to strike Russian territory with Western-made long-range missiles, a move he said would alter the nature and scope of the conflict.
“The statement made by President Putin yesterday is very important. It is extremely clear, unambiguous and does not allow for double readings. We have no doubt that this statement reached those it was intended for,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.
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