US President Joe Biden. File photoWASHINGTON, May 30. US President Joe Biden said that Washington would not supply Kyiv with missile systems capable of striking Russian territory, Reuters reported. sending to Ukraine American multiple launch rocket systems. On May 21, Biden signed a law on the provision of military, economic and humanitarian assistance to Kyiv. The president initially asked Congress for $33 billion, but parliamentarians increased the amount to almost $40 billion. Against the backdrop of a Russian special operation to protect the Donbass, which began on February 24, Washington and NATO allies continue to pump weapons to Ukraine. Moscow has repeatedly stated that the supply of Western weapons only prolongs the conflict, and transport with them becomes a legitimate target. Since February 24, Russia has been conducting a special military operation to demilitarize and denazify Ukraine. Vladimir Putin called its goal «the protection of people who have been subjected to bullying and genocide by the Kyiv regime for eight years.» The Russian army strikes only at the military infrastructure and Ukrainian troops, and has already completed the main task of the first stage — it has significantly reduced the combat potential of Ukraine. The main goal of the operation in the Russian military department was called the liberation of Donbass.
