Praise President Biden's Decision Not To Send Rockets To Attack Russia, Dmitry Medvedev: Makes Sense

Dmitry Medvedev. (Wikimedia Commons/Goverment.ru)

JAKARTA - Deputy Chairman of the Russian Security Council Dmitry Medvedev praised President Joe Biden's move, who said the United States would not send rockets into Ukraine to attack his country.

"Biden has said the United States will not send a Ukrainian rocket system that can reach Russia. That makes sense," Medvedev said on his Telegram channel Monday, citing TASS May 30.

"Otherwise, in the event of an attack on our cities, the Russian armed forces will act on warnings to attack the centers where such criminal decisions are made. Some of them are of course not in Kyiv. No explanation is needed," the former President of Russia asserted.

Earlier, Russia's ambassador in Washington, Anatoly Antonov, said he hoped common sense would prevail and the United States would not send long-range rocket system weapons to Kyiv.

Yesterday, President Joe Biden said the United States would not send a rocket system capable of striking Russia at a time when Ukraine wants long-range weapons to aid its cause.

Ukraine is known to have asked allies for long-range systems, including the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), which can fire a barrage of rockets hundreds of miles away.

"We're not going to send a rocket system into Ukraine that attacks Russia," President Biden told reporters, after arriving back at the White House after the weekend in Delaware.

President Biden and his team are currently working on a new military equipment package that is expected to be announced in the coming days.

The MLRS is being considered, but neither has long-range strike capabilities outside of battlefield use, a senior government official said.

Meanwhile, the Ukrainian government has urged the West to provide more long-range weapons to turn the tide of the war, which is now in its fourth month.

President Biden himself wants to help Ukraine defend itself, but opposes providing Ukraine with weapons to attack Russia.