Biden, Starmer delay decision to approve long-range strikes inside Russia

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13 September 2024 at 3:11 am·1-min read

US President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer postponed a decision on allowing Ukraine to use long-range Western-supplied missiles to strike inside Russia following a meeting at the White House on Friday. The two leaders plan to revisit the issue at the upcoming UN General Assembly amid growing concerns about the conflict's escalation and Moscow's warnings that such moves could provoke a war with NATO.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO.

Starmer told reporters at the White House that he had a "wide-ranging discussion about strategy" with Biden but that it "wasn't a meeting about a particular capability."

Before the meeting officials had said Starmer would press Biden to back his plan to send British Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine to hit deeper inside Russia as allies become increasingly concerned about the battlefield situation.

"I don't think much about Vladimir Putin," Biden told reporters when asked about the comments.

'Will not prevail'

The US, Israel's main military and diplomatic backer, has held off such a step.

(AFP)

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'Will not prevail'

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