“Strikes are not carried out with words,” said the Ukrainian president during a video address broadcast this Sunday, November 17 after the authorization given by Washington to strike Russia with long-range American-made missiles.
A turning point in the conflict between Ukraine and Russia? Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday, November 17, cautiously welcomed the information according to which Washington authorized kyiv to strike Russian territory with the long-range missiles it supplies, contenting himself with noting that these weapons “will speak for themselves “.
The United States “has given the green light to the use of long-range missiles,” an American official told AFP on Sunday.
“Today there is a lot of talk in the media about the fact that we have received authorization to carry out our respective actions. But strikes are not done with words, the missiles will speak for themselves. They certainly will,” said the Ukrainian leader in a video speech.
Several hundred kilometers range
This major strategic change, a few weeks before Donald Trump came to power, had been requested by Ukraine for a long time. This announcement occurs shortly before Joe Biden leaves the White House.
kyiv fears that the future president will cut funding essential to its war effort or try to force Ukraine into a deal with Russia.
Volodymyr Zelensky has for months been demanding authorization to use British Storm Shadow missiles and American ATACMS missiles to hit targets further inside Russian territory.
These weapons with a maximum range of several hundred kilometers would allow Ukraine to reach logistical sites of the Russian army and airfields from which its bombers take off.
But several countries, including the United States, have until now refused to give such a green light, for fear of an escalation with Moscow. Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that such a decision would mean that “NATO countries are at war with Russia.”
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