Joe Biden confirmed that the United States has given permission to the Ukrainians to use American missiles on Russian territory, even if only near the border, and categorically not to hit Moscow . However, this clarification was not enough for the Russian authorities, who actually branded the US president's words as "cynical and obscene" .
Promising an "adequate response to any attempted violation" of its territory. The escalation, for the verbal moment, is skyrocketing, even after Vladimir Putin's threats to arm his allies against Western objectives , but the watchword in the Atlantic Alliance remains that of caution: «We see no danger of an imminent attack" against a member country, is the assessment of Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
The green light from the United States and other Alliance countries to Kiev for the use of long-range weapons on Russian territory came after the observation that the invading army had opened another war front, in the Kharkiv area . A difficult choice, that of the Westerners, but considered necessary to prevent the defeat of Ukraine .
In this sense, Biden confirmed his non-aggressive posture towards Russia in an interview with ABC. American weapons to Ukraine " were authorized to be used near the border, not to strike 200 miles inside Russia, we are not authorizing attacks on Moscow and the Kremlin ," the White House tenant made clear. Therefore the Atacms long-range missiles should only be used to neutralize the Russian launch bases from which attacks against Ukraine are launched. In essence, defensive actions. A concept also reiterated by Emmanuel Macron: «We prohibit hitting civilians with our weapons» , explained the French president.
However, what Biden said was not enough to reassure Moscow. “ Any attempt to violate Russian territory, regardless of the region in which it occurs, will have an adequate response and those who bomb us in this way will bitterly regret it ,” thundered Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Galuzin.
