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Moscow has been “exhibiting persistence,” Medvedev mentioned in a submit on Telegram. “However, the pompous Anglo-Saxon imbeciles don’t wish to admit one factor: any persistence involves an finish.”
At the identical time, Medvedev mentioned “a nuclear battle is admittedly not wanted by anybody,” including that: “It is clear {that a} nuclear response is a particularly tough choice with irreversible penalties.”
U.Ok. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and U.S. President Joe Biden, at a gathering in Washington on Friday, deliberated over Ukraine’s attainable use of British-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles on Russian soil, with out asserting any choice.
Ahead of that assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin late Thursday mentioned giving Kyiv such permission would put NATO nations “at warfare with Russia.” Biden dismissed the menace, telling reporters: “I do not suppose a lot about Vladimir Putin.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Friday renewed Kyiv’s pleas for expanded use of Western weapons. “We are making progress on the battlefield. But we want permission to make use of long-range weapons,” Zelenskyy mentioned. “I hope that the U.S. political group understands this clearly and that the related choice shall be made.”
Speaking after Friday’s assembly with Biden, Starmer mentioned no last choice had been taken on the Storm Shadow missiles. He urged that additional developments could observe on the gathering of the U.N. General Assembly later this month.
Dan Bloom contributed reporting.
