In an interview with LBC Radio on Monday, the outgoing chief NATO he referred to the following requests of the president Ukrainy Volodymyr Zelenskywhich strongly encourages Western countries to issue permits for long-range missile strikes against Russian targets.
According to representatives of the authorities in Kiev, such missiles would help the Armed Forces of Ukraine eliminate Russian planes from combat, among otherswhich are used to attack civilian targets and critical infrastructure in Ukrainian cities.
War in Ukraine. Stoltenberg on strikes on Russian territory
According to Jens Stoltenberg, the management NATO is not a party to the talks in this case. According to the head of the Alliance, countries that supply weapons to Ukraine should make individual decisions regarding restrictions on the use of missilesas has been the case so far.
The words spoken on LBC radio are consistent with a previously published interview for the weekly Foreign Policy. In the interview, Stoltenberg stated that any consent from, among others, United States will not mean direct NATO involvement in the conflict.
– It is a mistake to say that we will become part of the conflict – he said, adding that the ideal an example of such a situation is Iran i North Koreawhich supply weapons Russiaand NATO does not officially describe them as directly involved in the war.
Russian aggression against Ukraine. Putin accuses NATO of participating in the war
The position of the head of NATO is an indirect one in response to an earlier comment Vladimir Putin regarding the involvement of the Alliance in a special military operation (propaganda term for the war in Ukraine – ed.).
In a conversation with journalists, the Russian President stated that any attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on targets in Russia are supported by the technology of Western countrieswhich means their direct involvement in the conflict.
– It is a fact, I have already mentioned it and all experts will confirm it, both in our country and in the West. The Ukrainian army is not capable of striking with modern, long-range, precise systems Western production (…) This is only possible using intelligence data from satellites, which Ukraine does not have – he explained.
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