NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg this week called on alliance members supplying weapons to Ukraine to lift restrictions on Kyiv using them to strike military targets inside Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, right, welcomes NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, April 29, 2024.
Mr. Stoltenberg, who will step down in October after 10 years leading the NATO alliance, joined a growing list of international leaders who say Ukraine shouldn’t be hobbled by allowing Russia to operate with impunity from protected bases just across their border. “If Ukraine cannot hit those military targets, it will be much harder for them to defend themselves,” he said.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken insisted that the U.S. is committed to Ukraine’s ultimate victory over Russian invaders and has shown it through American taxpayers’ support. “We can see every point where Russian troops are concentrated. We know all areas from which Russian missiles are launched and combat aircraft take off,” he said Sunday on his Telegram social messaging page. “Destroying this terrorist force, saving thousands of lives, and ensuring that the war does not expand is entirely a political decision that must be made.”
France’s Mr. Macron has been the most outspoken European leader urging Western countries to give Ukraine the green light to strike legitimate Russian military targets with the weapons they have provided and has even said NATO should not rule out deploying its own forces to help Ukraine defend itself.
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