Biden and Starmer Leave Ukraine Long-Range Missile Question Open

Published on September 14, 2024

No decision on Ukraine’s pleas to lift restrictions on the use of Western-supplied arms to strike into Russia was immediately forthcoming when the heads of the U.S. and British governments met at the White House on Friday. President Joe Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer met to discuss support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia, as well as the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific. Speaking to reporters at the White House, Starmer described their meeting as “long and productive.” The prime minister did not directly address whether Ukraine should be allowed to fire Anglo-French Storm Shadow missiles and U.S.-supplied Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) into Russia....

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