May 27, 2024
NATO allies should lift restrictions that prohibit Ukraine’s use of Western-supplied weapons against military targets inside Russia, the NATO Parliamentary Assembly said in a declaration adopted on May 27.
Some of the countries that supply the most military aid to Ukraine, namely the U.S. and Germany, are against Ukraine using their weapons to strike Russian territory due to fears this would lead to an escalation of the war.
Other partners, such as the U.K., have said that Ukraine has the right to use Western-supplied weapons to strike targets inside Russian territory.
NATO member states should “support Ukraine in its international right to defend itself by lifting some restrictions on the use of weapons provided by NATO allies to strike legitimate targets in Russia,” the declaration said.
“Ukraine must be provided with all that it needs, as quickly as possible and for as long as it takes for it to win.”
The declaration was approved by a majority of the 281 lawmakers in the NATO Parliamentary Assembly and received support from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who said that “the right to self-defense includes hitting legitimate targets outside Ukraine.”
“Ukraine can only defend itself if it can attack Russia’s supply lines and Russian bases of operation,” the NATO Parliamentary Assembly President Michal Szczerba said.
Ukraine has repeatedly said that the restrictions meant Ukraine was unable to attack Russian forces as they were building up before crossing the border into Kharkiv Oblast in the renewed Russian offensive that began on May 10.
Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis criticized the restrictions on May 20, arguing that the decision was “dominated by fear of Russia” and that Ukraine “must be allowed to use the equipment provided to them so that they can achieve strategic objectives.”
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on May 26 that Germany gave clear rules to Ukraine prohibiting the use of German weapons on Russian soil and that he sees no reason to change this.
https://kyivindependent.com/nato-parliamentary-assembly-strikes
I’m AGAIN ashamed of my country for having such a sick, sackless sissy as POTUS. I apologize to the people of Ukraine for the non-stop cowardice of this draft dodger. His methodology is keeping this war going, like a simmering soup, until it boils over. His behavior is not preventing a bigger war, it’s provoking it.
Ditto for the other sick, sackless sissy, Scholz.
How in the hell is NATO supposed to function having so many clowns within its ranks? It’s not only the US and Germany that are refusing to let Ukraine do the only right thing, but also Italy … and Hungary is opposed to everything that has to do with military aid to Ukraine. This organization is close to being dysfunctional.
The only thing left in poopin’s quiver is his nukes. That must be what they’re afraid of. By now, it should be clear to poopin what would happen to him if he used the nukes. Apparently it isn’t clear to him yet. NATO, imo, should spell it out to the tiny demon, especially since poopin has ripped up all the nuclear treaties.
The US alone could put puny pooper in his place, but we don’t have the right prez for this to ever happen.