Blinken: Washington has not encouraged Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US weapons, but decision up to Kyiv
https://kyivindependent.com/blinken-up-to-ukraine-if-it-decides-to-use-us-weapons-to-strike-inside-russia/
by KI_official
Blinken: Washington has not encouraged Ukraine to strike inside Russia with US weapons, but decision up to Kyiv
https://kyivindependent.com/blinken-up-to-ukraine-if-it-decides-to-use-us-weapons-to-strike-inside-russia/
by KI_official
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That should be interpreted as a consent.
Let em have it, the gloves are now off
US and all other western partners can never officially support this decision as the official stance would cause all kinds of consequences. I think everyone can understand that. This is the best and most diplomatic way to do it. Kudos to Blinken. Hit em hard.
About time!!
The whole quote.. doesn’t really seem like a new US direction at the moment: We’ve not enabled or encouraged strikes outside of Ukraine, but ultimately, Ukraine has to make decisions for itself about how it’s going to conduct this war,” he said.
There, it’s a go!
Preemptive public denial that the Americans have anything to do with the decision.
And to turn around a Putin-appeasing presidential candidate’s words, the US weapons are there, Ukraine can do whatever the hell they want.
THAT MEANS YES!!
I’m hoping this is a face-saving way of saying “they can do so from now on.”
They won’t be be able to push the Russians back until they can hit the staging and logistics in Russia itself. Its madness.
I think this is a very political statement. They will indicate to Ukraine to have at it in private, but publicly condemn any attack on Russia. Makes sense. It is easy to play both sides of this issue.
I mean standard we don’t condone it but we aren’t forbidding it. It’s basically wiping our hands of the smoke
3 day war remember? Fuck them up Ukraine!
Weren’t HIMARS and other various systems hardwired to make them impossible to fire outside Ukraine? Also what kind of cop out statement is that?
This is consistent with previous comments from other top US officials. It’s not new either, they’ve been saying the same for a while.
… but right now the narrative is “America bad because they don’t let us hit Russians!!1!”. We can’t possibly interrupt that.
Am I the only one who looks at them as Ukrainian weapons once they are in the hands of Ukrainians? Stopped being American, British, French, German, etc when it crosses that border.
This is a pleasant surprise! 2+ years too slow, but run with it.
Oh well, let’s give them a little strike then.