The US president has declined Kiev’s request to lift the restrictions on the use of Western-supplied weapons
US President Joe Biden has said that there is still no agreement in the administration on whether to allow Ukraine to use foreign-delivered longer-range weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia. The statement came days after Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky renewed his call to lift the restrictions on the use of the Western-supplied arms.
Biden clarified the position of the White House right before boarding the Air Force One at the Berlin Brandenburg International Airport on Friday.
Asked whether he had changed his mind about the issue of Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, Biden replied: “Right now, there is no consensus for long-range weapons.”
A reporter then asked Biden what would have to happen for Washington to revise its position, to which the president said: “I’m not going to speculate.”
Biden reaffirmed that,…