AFP :
Ukraine’s President VolodymyrZelensky said Saturday he would press the case for Ukraine to use long-range missiles on targets inside Russia when he visits Washington next week.
Zelensky was speaking hours after confirming that the United States and Britain had still not authorised Kyiv to use such weapons in this way.
But in his evening address Saturday he said: “We are convincing our partners — and we will continue to talk about this next week — that Ukraine needs full long-range capabilities.”
During his visit to Washington, Zelensky is due to set out his plan to end the war in talks with Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris — and with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
Kyiv has for weeks been pressing the West to allow it to use Western-supplied long-range weapons to strike targets inside Russia.
It says that could change the course of the war, two and a half years after Moscow invaded its neighbour.
“Neither America nor the United Kingdom gave us permission to use these weapons on the territory of Russia, on any targets, at any distance,” Zelensky told reporters late on Friday.