WASHINGTON, D.C. — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and US President Joe Biden on Friday delayed a decision to let Ukraine fire long-range Western-supplied missiles into Russia, a plan that sparked dire threats from Moscow of a war with NATO.
Starmer told reporters at the White House that he had a 'wide-ranging discussion about strategy' with Biden but that it 'wasn't a meeting about a particular capability.'Before the meeting officials had said Starmer would press Biden to back his plan to send British Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine to hit deeper inside Russia as allies become increasingly concerned about the battlefield situation.
The White House had earlier played down the chances of a Ukraine decision coming from Friday's visit by Starmer, the Labour leader's second to the White House since he took office in July.'I wouldn't expect any major announcement in that regard coming out of the discussions, certainly not from our side,' National Security Council spokesman John Kirby told reporters.'Afraid'Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky however pushed Kyiv's Western allies to do more.
Starmer Put Off Ukraine Missiles Decision
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