Departing U.S. president Joe Biden….. has taken one of the most provocative, uncalculated decisions of his administration, which risks catastrophic consequences, declared the website of the Russian government newspaper Rossiyskaya Gazeta on Monday morning.
Russia’s Reaction to Biden’s Policy Shift
Warning of “World War III”
Russian lawmaker Maria Butina said on Monday that the administration of President Joe Biden was risking “World War III” if it has allowed Ukraine to use US made weapons to strike deep into Russia.These guys, Biden’s administration, are trying to escalate the situation to the maximum while they still have power and are still in office,” Ms Butina told Reuters.
I have a great hope that Donald Trump will overcome this decision if this has been made because they are seriously risking the start of World War lll which is not in anybody’s interest.
In a significant shift in US policy, the Biden administration has lifted long-standing restrictions on the use of America-supplied weapons by Ukraine, allowing Ukrainian forces to strike deeper into Russia territory. The move is expected to have major implementations for the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine, which has already seen heavy fighting for over a year and a half.
Source families with the decision say that , for the first time, Ukraine will soon carry out long-range strikes on Russian military targets well beyond its borders, using U.S. weapons, including ATACMS rockets.
The New York Times also reported that Joe Biden’s administration had made the decision. The Kremlin has yet to comment on the reports.
Potential Military Escalation
Vladimir Dzhabarov, first deputy head of the Russian upper house’s international affairs committee, said that Moscow’s response will be immediate. This is a very big step towards the start of World War lll,” the TASS start news agency Dzhabarov as saying.
Russia would be forced to take what Putin called “appropriate decisions” based on the new threats.
Recently, the Kremlin has made its message to the West crystal clear: do not do this, do not remove restrictions on the use of your long-range weapons,do not allow to Kyiv to strike deep into Russia territory with these missiles.
Moscow’s Warning to the West
President Vladimir Putin said on 12 September that Western approval for such a step would mean “the direct investment of NATO countries, the U.S. and European countries in the war in Ukraine” because NATO military infrastructure and personnel would have to be involved in the targeting and firing of the missiles.
Putin said that Russia’s defence ministry was working on the different ways to respond if the U.S. and its NATO allies help Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with long-range Western missiles.
Guessing Vladimir Putin’s next moves is never easy.
Back in June, at a meeting with the heads of international news agencies, Putin was asked: how would Russia react if Ukraine was given the opportunity to hit target on Russian territory with weapons supplied by Europe.
1st, we will, of course, improve our air defence system. We will be destroying their missiles,”President Vladimir Putin replied.
2nd, we believe that if someone is thinking it is possible to supply such weapons to a war zone to strike our territory and create problems for us, why can’t we supply our weapons of the same class to those regions around the world where they will target sensitive facilities of the countries that are doing this to Russia?
Escalation to a Nuclear Threshold :
Revised Nuclear Doctrine
Viadimir Putin has also updated its nuclear doctrine to say that if Moscow came under direct attack from the West, Russia may even consider a nuclear response. Joe Biden’s decision for allowing Ukraine to use Western missiles to target Moscow is a step that risks such a response.