Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy was disappointed after U.S. President Joe Biden brushed aside his request to lift restrictions on the use of U.S. weapons to strike Russian territory.
This is reported by RBC-Ukraine with reference to Politico.
Zelenskyy raised the issue of using American weapons at the end of a bilateral discussion, to which Biden said that both sides should continue to talk.
Politico's anonymous interlocutors noted that this did not close the door to a possible lifting of restrictions, but that it was still a long way from a "yes."
The publication reports that Zelenskyy and the head of the President's Office, Andriy Yermak, were extremely disappointed after the conversation.
"The feeling is always the same: the restrictions will eventually be lifted, but first someone has to die. It seems that the destruction of a children's hospital is not enough," said an anonymous source.
For his part, Biden, during his high-profile press conference on Thursday evening, told how he had told Zelenskyy that he would not strike Russia.
"If he had the opportunity to strike Moscow, to strike the Kremlin, would it make sense? No," Biden said.-
Author - Serhii Kolomiets, 14/07/2024