The United States emphasizes its "clear" position for the shipment of weapons to Ukraine only of a defensive nature

MADRID, 31 May. (EUROPA PRESS) -

The United States ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, on Tuesday highlighted the "clear" position that Washington maintains "from day one" regarding the shipment of weapons to Ukraine only of a defensive nature.

"We are not providing any weapon that allows the Ukrainians to attack Russia from inside Ukraine," Thomas-Greenfield stressed, defending that President Joe Biden has been "very clear about it."

Thus, the US official has reiterated Biden's words that the United States is not going to contribute to the war, but that "it will support Ukraine's efforts to defend its own sovereignty and territorial integrity," reports CNN.

Already on Monday, President Biden announced that Washington would not send Ukraine "anything that can fire at Russia", thus nipping in the bud possible suspicions about shipments to kyiv of long-range missile systems, requested on several occasions by the country's government. European at war.