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The United States has a big move again!
On the afternoon of September 10th, local time, US President Biden said that he was studying whether to allow Ukraine to use long-range weapons to attack Russia. Earlier, it was reported that the United States was close to reaching an agreement to provide long-range weapons to Ukraine.
In this regard, Norwegian professor Glenn Dyson wrote on social media X: "Allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons to attack Russian territory will be an American attack on Russia." Dyson warned: "Biden once claimed that the delivery of F-16 fighters would trigger World War III. This time the situation is even worse. This is an American attack on Russia. "
With regard to the latest progress of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, on September 11th, the Deputy Director of the General Directorate of Military Politics of the Russian Ministry of Defence and Commander of the "Ahmat" Special Forces, AptyAlaudi Novo, said that the Russian army had regained control of about 10 settlements in Kursk region and had captured them.
In addition, the United States, Britain, France and Germany announced new sanctions against Iran on the 10th, accusing Tehran of sending ballistic missiles to Russia to attack Ukraine. According to US media reports, the government led by Biden has submitted a classified report on the US strategy toward Ukraine to Congress.
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According to the news from Reuters, US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday (September 10th) that he was studying the issue of allowing Kiev to use long-range weapons to strike deep into Russia.
With the Russian-Ukrainian conflict entering a new stage, Ukraine has recently repeatedly called on western countries to allow Ukrainian troops to use their long-range weapons to attack Russian territory in depth. On the afternoon of September 10, local time, US President Biden said at the White House that the US government was "dealing with this issue".
The United States has been reluctant to provide or approve the use of weapons that may attack deep targets in Russia for fear that this will aggravate the conflict. Other allies in Kiev have been providing weapons, but there are restrictions on how and when to use weapons in Russia, for fear that such attacks may trigger retaliation, involve NATO countries in wars or trigger nuclear conflicts.
Sources told Reuters last week that the United States is about to reach an agreement to supply such weapons (long-range weapons) to Ukraine, but Kiev needs to wait for several months because the United States will solve the technical problems before any shipment.
Russian News Agency reported that on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Blinken said that Biden planned to meet with British Prime Minister Stamer on September 13th local time to discuss the issue of allowing Ukrainian troops to use long-range weapons provided by the United States and Britain to attack Russia. Blinken admitted that Washington would allow Kiev to use American-made Long-range Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) missiles to attack Russia.
Blinken will visit Ukraine on Wednesday. During his trip to Kiev, he will collect information about how the long-range weapons strike will affect Ukraine’s battlefield strategy. Before Blinken’s visit to Kiev, some senior Republicans in the House of Representatives sent a letter to Biden, urging him to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons provided by the United States and allow Ukraine to strike targets in Russia. This letter is dated Monday.
According to foreign media reports quoted by CCTV News, people familiar with the matter disclosed on the 9th that the government led by US Democratic President Biden has submitted a classified report on the US strategy towards Ukraine to Congress. According to the US Foreign Aid Appropriation Act, which was enacted in April this year, the above-mentioned report was originally scheduled to be submitted at the latest in early June, and Congress instructed Biden’s government to elaborate on its strategy toward Ukraine. This huge appropriation bill includes aid funds for Israel and Ukraine, of which Ukraine can receive $60.84 billion in military and economic assistance.
According to foreign media statistics, since the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis in February 2022, the United States has provided Ukraine with about 56 billion U.S. dollars in military assistance, and the advanced level and destructive power of weapons aiding Ukraine have gradually increased. During the same period, the US Congress approved the provision of nearly $175 billion in military and other assistance to Ukraine.
Due to the delay of Biden’s government in submitting the report, some members expressed dissatisfaction, saying that it might prevent the approval of the follow-up aid bill. Jim Risch, the highest-ranking Republican in the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said at the end of August that he did not support the blind aid of the United States to Ukraine. Since the beginning of the escalation of the Ukrainian crisis, the Republican Party has asked the Biden administration to explain how the United States and its allies can help Ukraine, but it has not received a response. Even if this request has become law, the government has not responded as scheduled. The Biden administration owes a strategy not only to Republicans, but also to the American people.
Sanctions against Iran
On September 10th, the United States, Britain, France and Germany announced new sanctions against Iran, accusing Tehran of sending ballistic missiles to Russia to attack Ukraine.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a press conference with British Foreign Secretary David Lamy in London: "Russia has received these ballistic missiles and will probably use them against Ukraine in the next few weeks." The two of them will visit Kiev this week.
According to the reference news quoted by Agence France-Presse, in retaliation for the delivery of these missiles, Washington said that it had imposed sanctions with its allies on six Iranian drone and ballistic missile companies (according to a contract signed at the end of 2023, these companies were Russian suppliers) and their 10 responsible persons and employees.
According to the U.S. Treasury Department, Iranian Airlines is one of the targets of these economic sanctions, because the company delivered the goods. In addition, "international partners will announce measures that Iranian airlines will not be allowed to operate on their territory in the future".
As part of these new sanctions, Britain has announced the termination of "all direct air links" with Iran. Louise Haig, Minister of Communications, said: "We will continue to use all available means to pressure Iran to stop supporting the illegal invasion of Russia."
Iranian News TV website reported on September 10th that after Western countries accused Iran of sending weapons to Russia and imposed sanctions, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Nasser Canani warned that Tehran would take corresponding measures.
According to the report, on September 10th, Canani said that the claim that "the Islamic Republic of Iran sells ballistic missiles to the Russian Federation is totally unfounded and wrong". Canani said that the new round of sanctions is a continuation of the western hostile policy towards Iranians and economic terrorism.
The latest progress of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict
On September 11th, according to the news from Sputnik news agency & radio, the deputy director of the General Directorate of Military Politics of the Russian Ministry of National Defense and commander of the special forces "Ahmat" said that the Russian army had regained control of about 10 residential areas in Kursk region and had captured them.
The day before, on September 10th, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported that Russian troops had taken control of many villages in Donetsk, including Kra Si Nuo Khorifka and Wo Jia Nie. Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov sent a telegram to congratulate the Russian army on capturing the above-mentioned areas.
Shoigu, Secretary-General of the Russian Security Council, said in a televised speech on the 10th that the Ukrainian army raided Kursk, a Russian border state bordering Ukraine, last month in order to improve its position in the negotiations and disperse Russian troops to deploy in Donbass, but Russian troops accelerated their offensive against Donbass. Shoigu also conveyed the position of Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying that Russia will not talk to the Ukrainian government as long as Ukrainian troops remain in Russian territory.
Shoigu also announced on the 10th that Russian troops have advanced nearly 1,000 square kilometers in Donbass since August.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces reported on the 10th that as of the afternoon of the 10th, the Ukrainian army continued to engage with the Russian army in many directions, repelling the Russian army’s repeated attacks. The situation on the front line is still tense, especially in the direction of Pokrovsk and Kurahovo.
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