The US did not provide Ukraine with missiles with a range to Russia

Statement on May 30 of President Joe Biden was released after it was reported that the US was preparing to send advanced long-range missile systems to Ukraine to serve in the war with Russia.

“We will not send to Ukraine missile systems that can hit Russia,” President Biden told reporters on May 30 at the White House.

Ukrainian officials have asked the US to provide the system MLRS . multiple launch rocket, can fire a salvo of missiles at targets hundreds of kilometers away. It’s not clear what system Mr. Biden was referring to in his statement. CNN and The Washington Post reported on May 27 that the Biden administration is leaning toward sending MLRS and another system, a highly mobile artillery missile system, known as HIMARS, as part of the aid package. larger military for Ukraine.

Ukraine’s government has urged the West to provide the country with more long-range weapons to turn the tide in its conflict with Russia, which is now in its fourth month. Officials say such weapons systems are in progress. are actively considered.

The US has supplied thousands of mobile Stinger anti-aircraft missiles and Javelin anti-tank missiles to Ukraine, as well as advanced drones and field artillery.

However, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov last week warned Western powers not to supply Ukraine with these kinds of products weapons capable of striking Russian territoryand warned that such action would be an “unacceptably serious escalation”.

Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said that the urgency of Kiev’s need for weapons can be summed up by two acronyms: MLRS (multiple launch rocket system) and ASAP (as soon as possible).

On May 25, Mr. Kuleba said that the situation in the eastern region Donbass is “extremely bad”. The missile systems could help Ukrainian forces try to retake strongholds like the southern city of Kherson, which is already controlled by Russia.

Speaking on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s meeting in Davos, Switzerland last week, Kuleba said there have been about 10 bilateral meetings with leaders of countries that possess such missile systems. believe.

“The answer I got was: Did the US send it to you? Being a leader is really stressful, everyone looks at it. So Washington must keep its promise and provide us with the multiple launch missile system as soon as possible. So other countries will follow,” said Mr. Kuleba.

According to the Ukrainian foreign minister, if Kiev does not receive the MLRS as soon as possible, the situation in Donbass will be even worse than it is now. “Every day that goes by, officials in Washington, Berlin, Paris and other capitals, weighing whether they should or shouldn’t do something, we have paid the price with lives and territory,” he said. Kuleba added.

More than 4,000 people have been killed in Ukraine and millions more displaced since the conflict Russia – Ukraine begins.