“This factor will of course be taken into account, but the goals set by” Vladimir Putin in Ukraine “will be achieved,” he continued. An American official confirmed Sunday evening the announcement by American media that Joe Biden had given this authorization to kyiv, a major strategic change a few weeks before Donald Trump comes to power and at the end of a weekend where Ukrainian energy infrastructure has once again been the target of massive Russian attacks.
“Direct involvement of NATO countries”
In September, Vladimir Putin warned that such a Western green light “would mean nothing less than direct involvement of NATO countries in the war in Ukraine”. Andrei Kartapolov explained that to counter these missiles, it would be necessary to “prevent the planes from taking off”. “We are actively focusing on this task, intensively targeting airfield infrastructure. This is a priority, because if a plane does not take off, the missile will not be launched,” he stressed.
Although the Ukrainians “declare that they want to strike military targets, they often hit towns and inhabited areas, which constitutes a real danger,” continued the elected official. Russian President Vladimir Putin “has already indicated what this would mean for our Western partners,” he added. “I don't think they'll catch us off guard. I am convinced of it,” declared another parliamentarian, Vladimir Jabarov, a member of the International Affairs Committee of the Upper House.
