'Critical moment for Ukraine': Blinken arrives in Kyiv to get details of Russia war strategy
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and British Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrive at Kyiv train station at the start of their visit to Ukraine, where they will discuss further easing rules on firing Western weapons into Russia, whose alleged acquisition of Iranian missiles has raised new fears. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken wants to hear Ukraine's plans for the war.
Zelensky has been pleading for Western countries to supply longer-range missiles and to lift restrictions on using them to hit targets such as military airfields deep inside Russia. Blinken has declined to say whether Washington would allow the use of long-range weapons deep inside Russia, but said multiple factors went into the consideration of this decision rather than just looking at it as a weapons system.It's not just the system itself that counts. You have to ask: Can the Ukrainians effectively use it, and sometimes that requires significant training, which we've done.
Blinken's visit comes a day after he said Russia has received ballistic missiles from Iran and will likely use them in Ukraine within weeks, warning that cooperation between Moscow and Tehran threatens wider European security. Russia has escalated its drone and missile attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, while Ukraine has also sent hundreds of long-range attack drones deep into Russian territory.
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