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United States President, Joe Biden, has declared that the U.S.-made weapons in Ukraine will not be used on Moscow or the Kremlin.
Knewz.com has learned these assurances followed a D-Day commemoration speech by Biden in France where he drew parallels between Russia’s war on Ukraine and World War II.
“They're authorized to be used in proximity to the border when they're being used on the other side of the border to attack specific targets in Ukraine,” Biden told ABC News’s David Muir in a one-on-one interview.
“We're not authorizing strikes 200 miles into Russia and we're not authorizing strikes on Moscow, on the Kremlin.”
Muir then referred to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s comments on Wednesday, June 5.
Putin made said statement during a meeting with a group of editors from foreign news agencies:
“Ultimately,” he said, “if we see that these countries are being drawn into a war against us, and this is their direct participation in the war against the Russian Federation, then we reserve the right to act in a similar way. In general, this is the path to very serious problems,” per Interfax.
Muir asked if this statement concerned Biden and the president’s response was:
“I've known him [Putin] for over 40 years. He's concerned me for 40 years. He's not a decent man.”
“He's a dictator, and he's struggling to make sure he holds his country together while still keeping this assault going,” Biden said of the autocrat who recently retained control of the Russian Federation for his fifth term.
“We're not talking about giving them [Ukraine] weapons to strike Moscow, to strike the Kremlin, to strike against -- just across the border, where they're receiving significant fire from conventional weapons used by the Russians to go into Ukraine to kill Ukrainians.”
Biden's assertions follow reports by a U.S. official saying that Russia plans on sending air and sea military assets to the Caribbean.
This decision, according to a previous report by Knewz.com, came without formal notification to the U.S. and is seen as Russia telegraphing its discontentment with America’s involvement in the Ukraine war.
“Clearly, they are unhappy - needless to say - with our support for Ukraine and support for our NATO allies,” the unnamed official was quoted saying.
The information was corroborated by Cuba’s Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) when it indicated that Russia’s hypersonic missile frigate, the Almirante Gorshkov, along with the nuclear submarine, Kazan, a rescue tugboat, and a fleet oil tanker would “carry out an official visit to the port of Havana [...] between June 12 and 17, 2024.”
The statement, reported by the Cuban digital newspaper, Diario de Cuba, also noted that the visit corresponded with “the historical[ly] friendly relations between Cuba and the Federation of Russia and strictly adheres to the international regulations of which Cuba is a State Party.”
MINFAR further claimed, “none of the ships carry nuclear weapons, so their stopover in our country does not represent a threat to the region.”