预计白宫将保持对以下方面的限制乌克兰美国使用美国远程武器的内幕俄罗斯一名美国官员表示，尽管周四抵达华盛顿的乌克兰官员代表团施加了压力。
据几名官员说，乌克兰国防部长鲁斯泰姆·乌梅罗夫(Rustem Umerov)和乌克兰总统办公室主任安德烈·耶尔马克(Andriy Yermak)带着一份俄罗斯目标清单抵达基辅，基辅认为，如果获得许可，它可以使用美国武器打击这些目标。
据一名乌克兰官员称，官员们将辩称，这种打击可能会有效地改变冲突的进程，这场冲突现已进入第三年。
为了讨论两国之间正在进行的私下会谈，所有官员都要求匿名。
拜登政府已经放松了对使用美国武器的一些限制，允许乌克兰对其边境的俄罗斯军队发动有限的防御性打击。
乌克兰最渴望的项目之一是远程导弹系统——陆军战术导弹系统，或“ATACMS”，拜登政府已经交付。今年春天，在乌克兰人施加了几个月的压力后，美国交付了一种射程更远的版本，最远可达190英里，使其能够打击俄罗斯占领的克里米亚境内的目标。
不过，尽管美国已经明确表示支持乌克兰，但它也试图避免在俄罗斯本土进行深度打击，认为此举是对美国和北约试图避免与莫斯科发生直接冲突的重大挑衅。
据一位了解最新一轮讨论的美国官员称，白宫不愿放松对使用反坦克导弹打击俄罗斯境内偏远目标的规定，部分原因是这些导弹的数量有限。
该系统已成功用于俄罗斯占领的乌克兰部分地区，包括克里米亚。这位官员说，让这些系统专注于其他目标不太可能有用。
华盛顿面临的另一个问题是，放松对美国武器使用的限制是否会产生很大影响。
根据美国官员的说法，最近的情报显示，俄罗斯据信已将其90%以上的飞机转移到该系统的范围之外。
“没有赢得战争的灵丹妙药，”这位官员说。政策的改变“意味着乌克兰将不得不在袭击克里米亚的顿巴斯或资源有限的俄罗斯境内做出选择。”
弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基总统长期以来一直主张从西方无限制地进口更多武器。8月24日在基辅举行的新闻发布会上，他说，他计划参加9月份的联合国大会，届时他将向美国和其他世界大国展示赢得战争的途径。
“在这些问题上，我们需要我们的伙伴拿出同样的决心。我们的每一个能够说服我们的盟友解除对乌克兰使用远程武器的限制的朋友，都能够真正帮助我们更接近共同的胜利，”他说。
US holds firm against Ukraine using American weapons to strike deep inside Russia
The White House is expected to keep in place its restrictions onUkraine's use of American long-range weapons deep insideRussia, despite pressure from a delegation of Ukrainian officials that arrived in Washington on Thursday, a U.S. official said.
Ukrainian Defense Minister, Rustem Umerov, and Andriy Yermak, the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, arrived with a list of Russian targets that Kyiv believes it could strike using U.S. weapons if given permission, according to several officials.
According to a Ukrainian official, the officials will argue that such strikes could be effective in altering the course of the conflict, which is now in its third year.
All of the officials spoke on condition of anonymity in order to discuss ongoing private talks between the two countries.
The Biden administration has already eased some restrictions on the use of U.S. arms, allowing Ukraine to launch limited defensive strikes against Russian forces across its border.
Among Ukraine's most coveted items is a long-range missile system -- the Army Tactical Missile System, or "ATACMS," which the Biden administration has delivered. And this spring, after months of pressure by the Ukrainians, the U.S. shipped a longer-range version that could strike as far as 190 miles, enabling it to hit targets inside Russian-occupied Crimea.
But while the U.S. has made its support for Ukraine clear, it's also sought to avoid deep strikes inside the Russia homeland, seeing such a move as a major provocation with both U.S. and NATO trying to avoid direct conflict with Moscow.
According to a U.S. official familiar with the latest round of discussions, the reluctance by the White House to relax its rules on the use of ATACMs to hit far-flung targets inside Russia is due in part to the limited number of them.
The system is successfully being used in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine, including Crimea. And pulling those systems to focus on other targets wouldn't likely be useful, the official said.
Another question for Washington would be whether loosening restrictions on the use of U.S. weapons would make much of a difference.
Recent intelligence suggests Russia is believed to have relocated more than 90 percent of its aircraft out of range of the system, according to the U.S. official.
"There's not a silver bullet to win the war," the official said. And a change in policy "means Ukraine would have to choose between striking in the Donbas in Crimea or inside Russia with limited resources."
President Volodymyr Zelensky has long advocated for more weapons from the West with no restrictions. At an Aug. 24 press conference in Kyiv, he said he plans on attending the United Nations General Assembly in September where he’ll present the U.S. and other world powers a path to victory in the war.
"We need no less determination from our partners in these matters. Each of our friends who can persuade our allies to lift restrictions on Ukraine’s use of long-range weapons can truly help bring our shared victory closer,” he said.
