It would not be an escalation of war if Ukraine used long-range weapons and it would not create additional risks, Pompeo said at a forum in London.
“The policy of imposing restrictions has become harmful. The inability to strike military targets on the other side of the conditional belt seems to me militarily foolish and strategically foolish,” said the former US secretary of state.
US President Joe Biden’s administration has agreed that US weapons could be used along the border to allow Ukrainians to attack locations from which Russians are launching attacks on Ukraine. But Washington opposes US weapons strikes deep into Russian territory.
During Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the United States last week, there was no public announcement of authorization to carry out long-range strikes by Western weapons deep into Russian territory.
British Foreign Minister David Lammy announced at the end of September that the decision to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Western long-range weapons for military purposes on Russian territory may be taken by the beginning of winter.
2024-10-04 05:45:16