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No change to US policy on long-range missiles to Ukraine expected Friday, White House says

Published 09/13/2024, 12:34 PM
Updated 09/13/2024, 03:31 PM
© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands on the day of signing a new security agreement between the United States and Ukraine, in Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo
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By Doina Chiacu

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is not planning to announce any new policy on Ukraine and the use of long-range missiles on Friday, the White House said.

"There is no change to our view on the provision of long range strike capabilities for Ukraine to use inside of Russia," White House national security spokesman John Kirby (NYSE:KEX) told reporters. "I would not expect any major announcement in that regard," from discussions between U.S. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Friday, Kirby said.

Biden and Starmer will meet at the White House on Friday afternoon.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been pleading with allies for months to let Ukraine fire Western missiles including long-range U.S. ATACMS and British Storm Shadows deep into Russia.

© Reuters. U.S. President Joe Biden and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy shake hands on the day of signing a new security agreement between the United States and Ukraine, in Fasano, Italy, June 13, 2024. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque/File Photo

Kirby said that the US was taking seriously Russian President Vladimir Putin's warning he would consider the West directly involved in the conflict if Ukraine fired Western-made long range missiles into Russia, but that it was not a new stance from Putin.

"This is not rhetoric that we haven't heard from him before," Kirby said. "He has obviously proven capable of aggression...so, yeah we take these comments seriously."

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