The head of the MFA Radosław Sikorski, is by approval of Ukraine to launch long-range missiles supplied by the West into Russia. During the last fewer days of the U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken's visit to the UK, Ukraine and Poland, among another things, the issue was raised. On Thursday, the Russians warned that NATO's possible agreement to launch long-range missiles into Russia would mean a change in the nature of the conflict in Ukraine and the state of the alliance would be at war with Russia.
Since the beginning of a full-scale Russian attack on Ukraine in February 2022, Kiev pressed the Biden administration and another Western governments to let the usage of long-range missiles to strike targets in deep Russia. Long ago, they resisted, fearing the escalation of war.
Blinken, finishing his visit to Europe, said he had extended talks with Ukrainian officials in Kiev about developments in Ukraine and equipment needs. However, he refused to give details and confirm whether the United States would let Ukrainians to usage long-range missiles. He said that he would talk about these issues in the close future with the president and allies in Europe, initiating a discussion on the subject in Warsaw.
The highest ranking U.S. diplomat, who had besides visited Britain earlier this week, met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tuski and president Andrzej Duda on Thursday, as well as with abroad Minister Radosław Sikorski.
At the authoritative conference of Sikorski with Blinken on 12 September this year, the Polish minister pointed out the extraordinary strength of Polish-American relations and said that they focused on the Russian threat and assistance to Ukraine. In his opinion, Poland and the US combine "common values, common interests and akin perceptions of threats". The head of Polish diplomacy stated that "Poland remains a firm supporter of expanding force on the Russian government to force it to end the conflict with Ukraine".
He confirmed that our country and its Western allies will proceed to supply advanced air and rocket defence systems to Ukraine and "we will besides lift the ban on long-range weapons."
This is something that Russian leader Vladimir Putin warned against, threatening to abolish this ban to mean actually entering the war with Russia. Sikorski supported stricter sanctions and the acquisition of frozen Russian assets.
Sikorski besides highlighted the improvement of relations with the US not only in defence, but besides in economic, energy, trade and technology.
The U.S. Secretary of State praised Sikorski's commitment to the alleged fight for democracy worldwide and the engagement of the Brzeziński household for 2 generations in U.S. abroad policy, said his visit with the head of British diplomacy in Ukraine was very successful. They confirmed "unified and unwavering support for Ukraine in the face of Russia's ongoing aggression".
The strengthening of Ukraine will be discussed in the coming weeks and months. Blinken indicated that "Poland has been an absolutely essential partner of Ukraine since Putin invaded the country again in 2022". Our country has provided military aid and more. He besides committed – as 1 of 26 countries – to become even more active in the defence of Kiev, signing a bilateral safety agreement with his east neighbour. It is simply a "long-term commitment to aid Ukraine build its deterrent and defensive capabilities" in the long term. We are to train Ukrainians in our country and make a Joint Centre for the Analysis of Training and Education of NATO-Ukraine so that the alliance can draw conclusions from the war.
Poland besides flows “more than 80 percent of all safety and humanitarian assistance to Ukraine”. We inactive have a million Ukrainian refugees.
– These joint efforts to support Ukraine to aid it defend itself against Russian aggression are a critical aspect of our relationship, but only 1 aspect of our relation and our cooperation in security, which, in my opinion, was never stronger said the U.S. Secretary of State.
The head of American diplomacy praised the government in Warsaw for spending 4% of GDP on defence. – presently we have loans worth about $11 billion under our abroad military backing program, which we have allocated for Poland to aid it modernise its forces, including F-35 aircraft, the largest fleet of Apache helicopters outside the United States and the co-production of Patriot rocket defence systems. These investments are good for the safety of Poland. They're good for NATO. They are good for the United States – for our safety, for our manufacture and for our jobs – comments Blinken
He besides highlighted cooperation on energy security. Cyber-cooperation is presently being strengthened, by combating alleged misinformation on the war in Ukraine.
Responding to questions from journalists, Blinken assured that the US would adapt assistance to Ukraine according to Ukrainian needs on the battlefield. He didn't regulation out the usage of long-range missiles. On the another hand, Minister Sikorski felt that Kiev had the right to attack targets in Russia with western weapons to counter war crimes.
He besides added, recalling cases of drones and rockets flying into Poland, including close to his home, and to another countries, that countries bordering Ukraine have a "obligation" to shoot down Russian rockets before they enter their airspace, despite NATO's opposition, whose outgoing chief Jens Stoltenberg had previously rejected the proposal to consider interception in airspace Ukraine aircraft launched towards Poland.
Earlier, giving an interview to the paper “Financial Times”. Sikorski said that "Warsaw has a work to guarantee the safety of its citizens, regardless of the concern that the capture of rockets over Ukraine's territory can bring the Atlantic alliance into war."
In July, the NATO chief pointed out that agreeing to shoot down Russian facilities over Ukraine would endanger the alliance to “be part of the conflict”. any Western officials believe that specified a policy would obscure the red lines of Western intervention and would likely have led Russia to retaliate.
In the West, any influential centres propose that the strategy towards Ukraine should be changed, as it will not win the war with Russia. In particular, America should save its resources and supply only aid that will let Kiev to keep the current lines on the battlefield. A fast ceasefire should besides be sought.
According to the current narrative, the war is to drag on and Western leaders must prepare to support Ukraine for a long and painful period. Blinken and Sikorski believe that Ukraine is able to win the war with Russia and should be included in the western sphere of influence.
Sources: ntd.com / state.gov / anninews.in, ft.com
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