{"id":2324050,"date":"2024-08-13T19:02:01","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T23:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-cites-russia-raid-to-push-biden-for-long-range-strikes-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T19:05:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T23:05:28","slug":"ukraine-cites-russia-raid-to-push-biden-for-long-range-strikes-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-cites-russia-raid-to-push-biden-for-long-range-strikes-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine cites Russia raid to push Biden for long-range strikes &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukraine-cites-russia-raid-to-push-biden-for-long-range-strikes-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2324050&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses \u200bUkraine&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-celebrating-attack-on-israel-rallies-to-support-hamas-being-planned-in-us\/\" title=\"Supporters of Hamas in the US plan rallies to celebrate attacks on Israel.\">recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/intel-experts-claim-the-us-was-hit-by-a-digital-pearl-harbor\/\" title=\"Intel Experts Claim the US Was Hit By a \u201cDIGITAL PEARL HARBOR\u201d\">surprise attack<\/a><\/a> into Russia, aimed at establishing a\u2062 &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/landowners-criticize-texas-senators-for-not-stepping-in-as-biden-seized-their-land\/\" title=\"Landowners Criticize Texas Senators For Not Stepping In As Biden Seized Their Land\">buffer zone<\/a>&#8221; to protect\u200c Ukrainian border cities from Russian assaults.\u200d Ukrainian officials, including \u2063foreign ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi, \u2063assert that their military operations exclusively\u200d target military infrastructure to \u200dsafeguard lives and territory. \u2064This operation has raised questions about its \u2063necessity, particularly given President Biden&#8217;s\u200d restriction on \u200bthe use of American-supplied long-range missiles against Russian targets, which Ukrainian representatives argue\u2064 hampers their defense capabilities. Ukrainian foreign affairs chairman Oleksandr Merezhko believes that this offensive\u2062 could challenge the perception of escalating tensions and strengthen arguments for lifting the ban on missile usage. The attack has prompted commentary on its implications for both Ukrainian defenses and pressures on the Kremlin.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Ukraine cites Russia raid to push Biden for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-conducts-air-strikes-on-kyiv-suburb-presses-offensive-in-mariupol\/\" title=\"Russia Conducts Air Strikes on Kyiv Suburb, Presses Offensive in Mariupol\">long-range strikes<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1729968\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukraine\">Ukraine<\/a> launched a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3119026\/putin-ukraine-raid-into-russia-could-expand-beyond-kursk-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"surprise attack\">surprise attack<\/a> into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/russia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Ukraine\">Russia<\/a> in part to establish a &ldquo;buffer zone&rdquo; that would make it more difficult for Russian forces to target important Ukrainian border cities, according to officials.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Ukrainian Armed Forces only targets military infrastructure,&rdquo; Ukrainian foreign ministry spokesman Heorhii Tykhyi said Tuesday. &ldquo;The purpose of the operation is to save the lives of our people and protect the territory of Ukraine from Russian attacks.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Such explanations, after days of silence about the purpose of the audacious operation, struck some observers as an inversion of Russian President Vladimir Putin&rsquo;s rhetorical justifications for the occupation of Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian officials, however, signaled that the risky maneuver would not have been necessary if President Joe Biden had not banned Ukrainian forces from firing American-made long-range missiles, known as ATACMS, at key Russian bases in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Unfortunately, Ukraine does not have sufficient capabilities to carry out long-range strikes with the weapons it has to defend itself against this terror,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;We do not yet have the solutions we insist on. Therefore, there is a need to use the Ukrainian Armed Forces to liberate these <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ex-top-immigration-adviser-biden-agenda-would-fundamentally-erase-very-essence-of-americas-nationhood\/\" title=\"Ex-Top Immigration Adviser: Biden Agenda \u2018Would Fundamentally Erase Very Essence Of America\u2019s Nationhood\u2019\">border areas<\/a> from Russian military contingents that are striking Ukraine.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Biden has restricted the use of U.S. weapons to attack long-range targets in Russia due to a misgiving that such operations could provoke Putin to escalate or widen the war. Ukrainian officials, on the other hand, hope that their foray into Russia will show that such fears are overblown.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It has destroyed the myth of escalation, and it created an additional argument to lift this ban on the use of American missiles in the territory of Russia,&rdquo; Oleksandr Merezhko, Ukrainian foreign affairs chairman, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;This operation, it gives us more arguments and increases the chances that we will finally be allowed to use ATACMS against Russia in its territory.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian forces poured over the Russian border last week, catching Russian officials and Western observers off guard with an invasion that puts new pressure on the Kremlin but runs the risk of weakening Ukrainian defenses on the front lines of eastern Ukraine. That attack is creating a &ldquo;buffer zone,&rdquo; Merezhko said, to guard Sumy, a border city in a region where civilians have had to <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/sumy-hospital-hit-in-russian-missile-strike-1-person-injured\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>evacuate<\/a> in recent weeks due to Russian attacks.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian commanders hope, among other things, that their Russian counterparts will ease some of the pressure on their beleaguered men by forcing Moscow to divert forces to try to repel the Ukrainian incursion.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Russia has relocated some of its units from both Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine&rsquo;s south,&rdquo; Ukrainian army spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/vladimir-putin-pull-army-units-out-ukraine-defend-russia-kursk-belgrod-region\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>told<\/a> <em>Politico<\/em>, acknowledging that the redeployment involves a &ldquo;relatively small&rdquo; number of troops.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Russian forces continue to press towards Pokrovsk, a key node of Ukrainian military logistics in Donbas. &ldquo;The coming days will show whether there are enough reserves to maintain this pressure,&rdquo; former Estonian intelligence chief Rainer Saks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teet.kalmus\/posts\/pfbid0PHh4ovFLo9fegsdNtTSegZjPPbSrWR3V4wyhj2YRuKYyaZs655hPAce24MBGBebFl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>wrote<\/a> on social media.<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1729968\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1729968\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine has initiated a surprise offensive into Russia, partly to create a &#8220;buffer zone&#8221; that would complicate Russian forces&#8217; ability to strike significant Ukrainian border cities, as stated by officials. Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for the Ukrainian foreign ministry, emphasized on Tuesday that &#8220;The Ukrainian Armed Forces exclusively targets military infrastructure.&#8221; He explained that the operation aims to protect lives and defend Ukraine&#8217;s territory from Russian assaults. This rationale comes after several days of silence regarding the bold operation and appears to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin&#8217;s justifications for occupying Ukrainian land. <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian officials indicated that this risky action might not have been necessary if President Joe Biden had not prohibited Ukrainian forces from using American-made long-range missiles (ATACMS) against critical Russian bases within Russia. Tykhyi remarked, &#8220;Unfortunately, Ukraine lacks adequate capabilities for long-range strikes with its current weaponry to defend against this terror,&#8221; adding that they still do not possess the solutions they are advocating for. Consequently, there is a need for the Ukrainian Armed Forces to reclaim border areas occupied by Russian military units attacking Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Biden has limited U.S. weapon usage against long-range targets in Russia due to concerns about potential escalation or expansion of the conflict by Putin. Conversely, Ukrainian officials believe their incursion into Russia will demonstrate that such fears are exaggerated. Oleksandr Merezhko, chairman of Ukraine\u2019s foreign affairs committee, told the Washington Examiner that this operation has dispelled myths about escalation and provides stronger arguments for lifting restrictions on using American missiles in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Last week\u2019s incursion caught both Russian authorities and Western observers off guard and places additional pressure on Moscow while potentially weakening Ukraine&#8217;s defenses along its eastern front lines. Merezhko noted this attack is intended to create a buffer zone around Sumy\u2014a border city where civilians have recently evacuated due to ongoing Russian attacks\u2014hoping it will compel Moscow to redirect some forces away from frontline engagements in order to counteract the incursion.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian army spokesman Dmytro Lykhoviy confirmed reports of some troop redeployments by Russia from Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions but acknowledged these involved only a &#8220;relatively small&#8221; number of soldiers. Nevertheless, he pointed out that Russian forces continue their advance towards Pokrovsk\u2014a crucial logistics hub for Ukraine in Donbas\u2014and former Estonian intelligence chief Rainer Saks commented on social media about whether there would be enough reserves available in coming days to sustain pressure on Ukraine<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2743,"featured_media":2324051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/russia-forces-kursk.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,38071,4280,6991],"class_list":["post-2324050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-long-range-strikes","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/russia-forces-kursk.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2743"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2324051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}