Almost two dozen American experts in the field of foreign policy, including former high -ranking diplomats and retired military, called on the US presidential administration Joe Biden to provide Ukraine with everything necessary for military victory over Russia, in particular, missiles with a range of 300 km for a range Himars.
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The open letter under the heading of the United States should arm Ukraine until it is too late “published in the authoritative Washington publication The Hill. The Russian service is given by the Russian service BBC.
The experts who signed it believe that the current American authorities provide Ukraine with enough weapons, “to create a pattern situation,” but it is not enough to “return Russian territorial acquisitions.” According to the authors of the letter, thus the White House, perhaps, “breaks out the defeat from the paws of Victory”.
The signathers of the letter remind you that the White House is afraid to transfer some types of weapons to Kyiv, because it does not want to provoke a direct military conflict between Russia and NATO countries. Such “excessive caution” leads to the fact that “we essentially give the initiative to the Russian President Vladimir Putin and weaken the pressure on Moscow aimed at stopping aggression and the emergence of a more serious attitude to negotiations,” the authors write.
“, in the presence of the necessary weapons and economic assistance, Ukraine is able to defeat Russia,” the authors of the letter say. They include Himars, which, according to the signing, should be sent in large quantities, they will “increase their effects on the battlefield”.
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“Ukraine needs the means of defeating a long -range radius of action in order to stop the Russian offensive and prevent the replenishment of its resources, fuel and ammunition reserves, – it also says in the letter. – This means that the United States should send ATACMS missiles for the Himars system with a radius of action 300 km, which is necessary for attacks on Russian military targets throughout Ukraine, including in the occupied Crimea. “
a letter published in The Hill, among others, was signed by the former commanders of NATO forces in Europe Philip Bridlav and Wesley Clark; working in high positions in the State Department of Kurt Walker, Paul Dobryanski and Stephen Sistanovich; Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO and ex-USP in Russia Alexander Vershbou; Former US ambassadors in Ukraine John Hearbst and Mary Jovanovich.
In response to the publication, the official representative of the American State Department Ned Price said that the United States has already provided Ukraine with everything necessary for victory based on the principle of self -defense. “At the same time, we also clearly stated that the transformation of Russian aggression into a more large -scale conflict and the spread of this war beyond Ukraine throughout Europe or the potential beginning of the NATO and the USA conflict with Russia contradicts the interests of Ukraine, NATO and Europe. This is not beneficial to anyone,” ” Said Price.