Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson called on Paris and London to authorize Ukraine from this Monday, November 18, to use the long-range missiles they have given it to target Russian territory, as the United States has done. did on Sunday.
“It had to be done 18 months ago,” however underlined Boris Johnson, commenting on Washington's extremely late turnaround. kyiv has long demanded that the United States allow it to use these missiles with a maximum range of several hundred kilometers to strike Russian territory, and in particular the logistical sites of the Russian army and the airfields from which take off its bombers.
Washington's decision to authorize Ukraine to use these missiles ultimately came in response to the deployment of thousands of North Korean troops alongside Russia, according to American city officials per the New York Times. It comes two months before the return to power of Donald Trump, very critical of American aid to Ukraine.
“Our French and British governments must say today that we are giving permission to use the (French long-range missiles) Scalp […] and the (British equivalent) Storm Shadow missiles […] against Russian bases on Russian territory”, Mr. Johnson said on Monday, speaking in French on France Inter radio.
While Donald Trump intends to end the war in Ukraine quickly after his arrival at the White House on January 20, Boris Johnson also estimated that it would be a “humiliation” for the West if the US president-elect began his term by agreeing to peace for Ukraine on Russian President Vladimir Putin's terms.
“I wonder how a guy like Donald J. Trump can inaugurate his mandate with a capitulation, with a humiliation for the West, for NATO, and for himself, if he gave Putin the opportunity to defeat “Ukraine”, he commented.
War in Ukraine: First attacks to be carried out in coming days, US authorizes Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range missiles https://t.co/UAN9AQz2gl via @lindependant
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Peace on the Kremlin's terms “would be a disaster for the world, for Europe and of course for America” because Vladimir Putin would then remain “in a position to threaten the rest of Ukraine in perpetuity”, he added.
According to him, obtaining a peace agreement must necessarily be accompanied by security guarantees for kyiv.
“We absolutely must give clarity to the Ukrainians. Because the problem with Ukraine is that we don't know what it is: is it a buffer country or is it a part of the West? he also explained.
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