Inside the White House Debate Over Letting #Ukraine Shoot #UnitedStates #Weapons Into #Russia
After a sobering trip to #Kyiv, Secy of State Antony J. #Blinken is urging #POTUS #Biden to lift some restrictions on how Ukraine can use American arms.
#geopolitics #PreventativeDiplomacy #ForeignPolicy #HumanitarianCrisis #StandWithUkraine
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/05/22/us/politics/white-house-ukraine-weapons-russia.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=c-cb
Since the 1st US shipments of sophisticated weapons to #Ukraine, #POTUS #Biden has never wavered on 1 prohibition: President #Zelensky had to agree to never fire them into Russian territory, insisting that would violate Biden’s mandate to “avoid World War III.”
But consensus around that policy is fraying. Propelled by the State Dept, there is now a vigorous debate inside the admin over relaxing the ban to allow Ukrainians to hit missile & artillery launch sites just over the border in #Russia….
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