Baiden woke up "appetite" cross Putin's red lines - wp

This is stated in The Washington Post. "The decision of President Baiden last month to help Ukraine to obtain F-16 fighters became another cross section of Russia of the Red Line, which, according to Vladimir Putin, will transform the war and involve Washington and Moscow into direct conflict," the newspaper writes.

Despite the apocalyptic warnings of the Kremlin, the United States gradually agreed to expand the arsenal of Ukraine at the expense of Javelin and Styinger missiles, Himars missile installations, advanced missile defense systems, UAVs, helicopters, M1 Abrams tanks and fourth generation fighters.

"The US officials say that the key reason to wave the Putin threats is the dynamics that persists from the first days of the war: the Russian president has not fulfilled his promises to punish the event for the supply of weapons to Ukraine," the material reads.

According to US officials, it is the Black head of the Russian Federation who has given the confidence in the leaders of the United States and Europe that they can continue to do so without serious consequences, but the degree of risk remains uncertain. "Russia has depreciated its red lines so many times, saying some things are unacceptable and then doing nothing when they happen. The problem is that we do not know the actual red line.

It is in one person's head and it can change the day on the day, " - said Maxim Samorukov, expert from Russia from the Carnegie Foundation. According to US officials, the risk management of escalation remains one of the most difficult aspects of war for Biden and his foreign policy advisers.

The high -ranking official of the State Department on the conditions of anonymity said that when deciding on the supply of new weapons systems in Kiev, they are focused on four key factors: the official said that Russia's unwillingness to strike was affected by the risks of the Secretary of State Anthony Blinken. Sides of the US administration and allies. "You take this into account when making decisions.

We did it - there was no escalation or answer - can we make the following? We constantly weigh these factors, and this is becoming the most difficult judgment that we have to do," the official said. Like Blinken, the White House Advisor Jake Sullivan also believes that the benefits of supplying more deadly weapons to Ukraine outweigh the risks of escalation, and actively worked with European allies on the supply of F-16 Ukraine, said the White House representative.

"But Western officials are aware that it does not mean that he will never do it, especially with the escalation of the conflict," The Washington Post writes. According to officials of the United States, it is possible to explain Putin's unwillingness to hit the West by deterioration of the state of the Russian army. "It seems that it is not in their interests to come into direct confrontation with NATO. They have no good opportunities for that," said a high -ranking US representative.

Undoubtedly, the willingness of Baiden administration to cross Putin's red lines strengthened Ukraine's ability to defend itself and conquer territories in the east and south. However, it is unknown whether Putin will continue to allow the event to ignore his threats without any consequences, the publication notes.