The U.S. has agreed to Ukraine's use of U.S.-aided weapons in a "referendum zone" occupied by Russian forces, the U.S. secretary of state said (Reuters)

[Compiled by Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] U.S. Secretary of State Blinken publicly stated that the United States does not oppose Ukraine's use of Western weapons to retake Russia's "pseudo-referendum" territory.

According to the "European Pravda" report, Blinken expressed the US position at a joint press conference after the sidelines talks with Indian Foreign Minister Subramanyam Jaishankar at the UN General Assembly held in New York on the 27th.

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The media asked whether the U.S. would allow Ukrainian forces to use U.S. weapons on territory where Russia held a sham referendum, regardless of the result of the referendum announced by the Kremlin.

Blinken replied, "We and many others have been very clear: we do not, in fact, will never recognize Russia's annexation of Ukrainian territory...Ukraine has the absolute right to defend itself on its territory, in particular, Reclaim territory illegally occupied by Russia in one way or another."

According to him, the weapons supplied to Ukraine by the United States and many other countries have been used very effectively to retake Ukrainian territory, especially in recent victories in northeastern Ukraine, as well as in the southern regions.

Blinken stressed that the fake referendum will not change the territory of Ukraine occupied by Russia.

"The Ukrainians will continue to do what they need to do to regain the land taken from them. We will continue to support them in these efforts."

"Reuters" pointed out that the Moscow authorities may believe that after the integration of the Luhansk, Donetsk, Hesson and Zaporozhye regions into Russia, Russia will be able to allege any recapture of these four regions. attacked Russia as a warning to Ukraine and Western allies not to act rashly.

Ukraine and its allies see the referendum as a hoax designed to justify escalating fighting and a mobilization order following Russia's recent battlefield defeat.

Blinken did not say whether the scope included Crimea, which was annexed by Russia under the guise of a referendum in 2014.

Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov had previously promised that the Ukrainian army would not attack Russian territory with the US-aided "HIMARS" High Mobility Multiple Rocket System (HIMARS), but this promise did not apply to the Crimei Asia.

On August 9, a large explosion occurred at the Russian military airfield in Saki, Crimea, destroying several fighter jets.

Ukrainian Armed Forces Commander-in-Chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi later admitted that the Ukrainian army used "multiple rockets" to attack several Russian bases in Crimea.

However, Saki Airport is more than 200 kilometers away from Ukraine's effective control area, and the maximum range of the Ukrainian M31 series "Guided Multiple Rockets" (GMLRS) for "Haimas" launch is about 80 kilometers. Officials boldly judged that Ukraine may have received and started using the MGM-140 Army Tactical Missile System (ATACMS), which can be launched by "Haymas" and has a range of 300 kilometers, although the United States claims that it will not provide this long-range weapon.

Russia's ambassador to the United States, Anatoly Antonov, warned the United States a few days ago that the delivery of ATACMS missiles to Kyiv could detonate a war between the United States and Russia.

The Ukrainian armed forces released footage showing that the Ukrainian army used the US-aided "Haimas" multiple rocket system to attack Russian targets during the day.

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