The Kremlin has warned that the U.S. government’s authorization for Ukraine to use long-range missiles on Russian soil implies an increase in tensions and represents, if confirmed, a further step in the “direct involvement” of the North American country in the conflict.
What the Kremlin is now accusing the U.S. of is adding fuel to the fire. “It is clear that the outgoing Administration in the U.S. intends to continue adding fuel to the fire and continue to provoke an escalation of tensions around this conflict,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said at his daily telephone press briefing.
So far, Washington had been reluctant to allow Kiev forces to fire ATACMS over Russian territory.but over the weekend several U.S. media outlets, including The New York Times y The Washington Post, have reported a change in that doctrine.
If this permit is finally confirmed, it would be “a qualitatively new situation” in the current conflict.The Kremlin’s chief spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, told the media, according to the Interfax news agency. Peskov has recovered statements by President Vladimir Putin to recall that only NATO countries can handle ATACMS.
The ATACMS is a supersonic guided missile system that has a maximum range of about 305 kilometers
The Russian authorities have left open the possibility of some form of retaliatory action, along similar lines with the warnings previously issued. The ATACMS is a supersonic guided missile system that has a maximum range of about 305 kilometers.
Ukrainian President, Volodimir Zelenski, did not confirm the reports on Sunday, but he did refer to the news. “Today the media are talking a lot about giving us permission for these actions, but attacks are not carried out with words. These things are not announced. The missiles will speak for themselves. I’m sure they will,” he said.
Authorization only in Kursk
As far as is known, USA, at the moment.has only authorized Ukraine to defend its positions in the Russian Kursk region, where Moscow’s army is assisted by thousands of troops from North Korea.
CNN and The New York Times report this unprecedented decision by the Biden administration, which will end its term of office on January 20, and which comes when Moscow has deployed almost 50,000 troops in Kursk, lhe southern Russian region where Kiev launched its surprise counteroffensive last summer.