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Biden Authorizing Ukraine to Strike Deep Into Russia is Last-Ditch Move, SA Politologist Says

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The White House - Sputnik Africa, 1920, 18.11.2024
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US President Joe Biden allegedly authorized Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with American missiles ATACMS, Western media reported on Sunday. Earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that allowing Kiev to use its Western long-range missiles on Russia would mean NATO's direct participation in a war against the Russian Federation.
The Biden administration's supposed authorization for Ukraine to strike deep into Russia with ATACMS missiles is the last-ditch move to contain Russia before inevitable peace talks, Head of Political Studies Department and Associate Professor of Political Science at Cape Town University Zwelethu Jolobe told Sputnik Africa.
"This is a kind of last-ditch attempt two months before they [Biden's administration] leave office to try and put Ukraine in some kind of favorable position in the event that they go to talks," he said.
The US under the Biden administration seeks to use their "power through data" to contain Russia, but even with current indirect NATO involvement, the measures have proven insufficient, the expert noted.
"Russia's increased control over eastern Ukraine demonstrates the failure of past US policies," the politologist emphasized.
According to the speaker, the peace talks are inevitable, and Biden's goal is to improve Ukraine's standing at the negotiating table. At no matter what cost.
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