‘Americans do not want World War III’ congressman writes to Biden after ATACMS decision

Dmitry Peskovspokesman

If you look at the trends of the outgoing U.S. administration, they are fully committed to continuing the war in Ukraine and are doing everything they can to do so,

Peskov said

It seems that this desire, let's say, to muck things up, can be seen in the current situation,

Lavrov added, going on to say

As for what can be expected from Biden and his outgoing administration, well, the ATACMS supplies and allowing the British and French to use Storm Shadows and SCALPSs certainly have an element of trying to leave as negative a legacy as possible for the next administration,

Lavrov said, ... according to the Russian News Agency

Ukraine is only authorized to shoot deeper into Russia to constrain the Russian-North Korean effort to push Ukraine out of the Russian territory,

the aide said

Observing no changes to Russia's nuclear posture, we have not seen any reason to adjust our own nuclear posture or doctrine in response to Russia's statements today,

a U.S. National Security Council spokesperson said

Sergey Lavrovrussian Foreign Minister

If the long-range missiles are used from the territory of Ukraine against the Russian territory, it will mean that they are controlled by American military experts and we will view that as a qualitatively new phase of the Western war against Russia and respond accordingly,

moaned Lavrov at the G-20 in Brazil

Marco Rubiosenator

We hope that when that time comes, there is more leverage on the Ukrainian side than on the Russian side,

Rubio said in September

When the United States began providing such weapons to Kyiv in 2023, the dynamics of the war could have been changed drastically, but your administration exerted its influence over the conflict to limit the rules of engagement and the use of ATACMS,

Self wrote

Since your recent actions seem to be pushing the world closer to the brink of nuclear war, I hereby request a classified briefing prior to Monday, November 25, 2024, regarding full details of your administration’s agreement on Ukraine’s stipulated rules of engagement with regard to the long-range ATACMS,

Self wrote

If this desperate move by your administration represents an attempt by deep-state operatives to hamstring the incoming Trump presidency, it’s a dangerous miscalculation,

Self said in the letter

I write to challenge your administration’s decision to authorize Ukraine’s use of Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS) to strike inside Russia,

Self wrote

Americans do not want World War III,

Self wrote