Starmer, Macron want to persuade Biden to allow Ukraine to fire Storm Shadow missiles deep into Russia – media

That is according to The Telegraph, which refers to UK Government insiders, Ukrinform reports.

The Telegraph has been td there are hes in London that Biden will finally give the approval Kyiv has sought for months in an attempt to secure his foreign picy legacy.

The debate over whether Ukraine should be allowed to fire Storm Shadow missiles, made by the UK and France, deep into Russian territory played out for months behind the scenes. The missiles require U.S. technogy to be fully effective.

Ukraine is understood to currently only be allowed to use the missiles in limited circumstances on Russian land, such as to hit tros just by the border – though the specifics of any agreements have never been made public.

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President Vodymyr Zelensky has been calling for permission to fire the missiles further into Russia for months as it could help st Russian planes taking off before bombing Ukraine.

Well-placed UK government sources said Starmer and Macron had become supportive earlier this year.

In the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken also supports the idea, while the U.S. president's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, poses the move, fearing it will escalate the confrontation with Russia.

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