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US, Ukraine Are In Talks To Transfer Fighter Jets & Longer-Range Missiles
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 83681965:MV81MjMzODgwXzk2Mzc3OTUzXzJCQjBBOEQz] So, let the concrete melt I guess. [/quote]
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The US and its allies are in talks over whether to send Ukraine more advanced weapons in the future, including fighter jets, US defense sources have said, according to the Financial Times. The Kharkiv counteroffensive has apparently emboldened Ukrainian officials to press Washington harder for more advanced and longer-range weapons.
The Biden administration in the early months resisted sending longer range missiles, admitting its fears that doing so could draw the US and Russia into direct conflict - given longer range munitions means Ukrainian forces would have the capability of hitting inside Russian territory.
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The Russian response to this is quite clear.
Moscow clarifies ‘red line’ for US
If Washington supplies Kiev with longer-range missiles, Russia will defend its soil with “all means available"
Washington becomes “complicit in war crimes” by supplying weapons to Kiev, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a media briefing on Thursday.
If the US decides to supply longer-range missiles to Ukraine, “it would cross the red line and become an actual party to the conflict,” she added.
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