Keane on the Ukraine-Russia War: A Full 84% Is Restricted from Ukraine Firing into the Sanctuary Zone

RUSH TRANSCRIPT:
GIGOT: “I want to ask about the  decision the White House is  touting as policy after  criticism from people like you  in the editorial page.  how significant is this  militarily?”

Keane: “It is significant in terms  of the restrictions that were  imposed for sure but they  haven’t reduced the  restrictions very much.  you can see on the map the area  in gray is the sanctuary zone  Russia has and they’ve pushed  into that zone because they  know no one can fire into it.  significant military  capabilities in airbases and  the white circles, you can see  everything is red, significant  Russian military capability.  the limit of it is 300 km.  Biden says no attack at all.  major restriction still impose,  second, he says you can use  high bars, 75 km, the first  circle you can reach out to.  but you can only use those  weapons systems in the vicinity  of kharkiv and only against  counter battery, artillery or  other weapon this firing at you  long range and only when  there’s an imminent threat.  isw has taken a look at this  and analyzed what is really  going on here and what it  means.  what it means is 16% is what is  impacted favor.  a full 84% is restricted from  Ukraine firing into that  sanctuary zone.  those facts are not what the  administration is saying.  they are giving the American  people an impression that  they’ve removed most of the  restrictions and furthermore,  it means we cannot go after  many of the air defense systems  in the area, we cannot go  after, we being the Ukrainians,  the airbases in the area and  the significant, major military  components and logistics  systems that are all in the  area.  that’s the reality.  this is confirmed by the  institute for the study of war  by talking to the Ukrainians  and getting down to the details  of what’s happening on the  ground.”