The US is looking to send military tactical missile systems to Ukraine.
According to Sputnik, US President Joe Biden has announced that the US is still considering supplying Ukraine with ATACMS.
Shortly before leaving Washington for the state of Delaware, Biden told reporters in response to a related question: “This issue and the provision of tactical military systems to Ukraine is still ongoing.”
Meanwhile, John Kirby, the US National Security Council’s strategic communications coordinator, said earlier this month that the US still has no plans to transfer ATACMS to Ukraine.
Three days earlier, a number of congressmen emphasized their country’s further war-making in Ukraine by sending advanced weapons, and in a letter to US President Joe Biden, they asked him to deliver the US Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to Ukraine. to give
This request was made in the midst of the green light of the US and its western allies to send F-16 fighters to Ukraine. Earlier, US President Joe Biden, in a meeting with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the Group of 7 summit in Japan, said that the US and its allies will soon start training Ukrainian pilots to fly the F-16.
U.S. officials have previously said that the weapons and equipment provided will help Ukraine break a long-term stalemate over the fierce fighting in eastern Ukraine, particularly around the city of Bakhmut in Donetsk Oblast.
The authorities of the Russian government have warned many times about the flood of western weapons destined for Ukraine and have called these weapons the cause of the escalation and prolongation of the war. Among other things, last month, “Maria Zakharova”, the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry, warned against the continuation of the flow of arming Ukraine by the Western countries and announced that the Western countries will continue to send weapons to Ukraine so that the conflicts in this country become bloody and long-term.
The spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs also added that US aid will reach more than 36 billion dollars after the start of special military operations in Ukraine, including the new weapons package.
Earlier, “Alexander Darchiev”, director of the North American Department of the Russian Foreign Ministry, warned that Moscow hopes that Washington will exercise sufficient caution to prevent the situation from escalating to a direct confrontation. The senior official of the Russian Foreign Ministry said: “One can only hope that Washington listens to the voice of reason and does not allow the situation to escalate to a direct confrontation between Russia and the United States.”
Darchiv emphasized that it was America that started destroying bilateral relations. He said: Washington decided to isolate itself from Moscow, but now it is trying to blame Moscow, as if someone else has brought these relations to the point of no return, not the current Biden administration, we are not looking to cut ties with them completely. But we will not tolerate malicious actions.
Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country wants to end the war in Ukraine and that the end of the war inevitably requires a diplomatic solution.
