Lift Ukraine’s veto on using Western weapons to strike Russia. The exhortation comes directly from NATO general secretary Jens Stoltenberg and his words immediately split the European front and the internal one within the Italian government, with the League announcing its opposition to Giorgia Meloni and Foreign Minister Antonio […]
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Remove the veto toUkraine on the use of Western weapons to hit the Russia. The exhortation comes directly from the Secretary General of NATO Jens Stoltenberg and his words immediately split the European front and the internal one within the Italian government, with the League which announces a Giorgia Meloni its opposition and the Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani who appears cautious and talks about decisions to be made in a collegial manner. Stoltenberg’s exit, among other things, comes on the eve of the start of bilateral Macron-Scholz and two weeks before the vote for the Europeanwhile the White House just in the last few hours he had shown signs of openness to the possibility. All this while the G7 of Economic Ministers found an agreement “on the objective of supporting Ukraine also in 2025”, said the German Finance Minister Christian Lindner specifying that “it is still there a lot of work to do to find measures suitable e instruments concrete”.
The change of strategy and the risk of escalation
In an interview given to the weekly The Economistthe number one of Born underlined the urgency of this measure to improve the defense capacity Ukraine, especially at a crucial moment like the current one, with the intensified fighting in the region Kharkiv, near the Russian border. Statements that come at a difficult time for Kiev, which continues to defend itself from Russian aggression with the support ofWest: The call to lift restrictions could mark a turning point in the defense strategy but also increase the tensions with Russia and start aescalation.
Stoltenberg’s position
“The time has come for allies to consider whether this is not the case lift some of the restrictions about the use of the weapons they donated to Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said in the video of the interview published on theEconomist. “Especially now that a lot of fighting is going on in Kharkiv, near the border, to deny Ukraine the possibility of using these weapons against legitimate military objectives on Russian territory it makes defense very difficult.” The NATO secretary general then reiterated that this is a war of aggression by Russia against Ukraine and that Kiev has the right to defend itself: “Ukraine has the right to defend itself and this also includes hitting targets in Russian territory“Stoltenberg underlined.
United States politics
According to the English newspaper, Stoltenberg’s clear objective, “even if not indicated”, would be “the policy of the American president Joe Biden regarding the check of what Ukraine can and cannot attack with US-supplied systems.” So far, in fact, the United States they imposed significant restrictions on the use of weapons supplied to Kiev, limiting their use within their own borders also to prevent it from rising again voltage with Flyalready reaching critical levels in recent weeks.
Russia’s reaction
Among other things, Ukraine has for some time continued to use certain systems to target villages on the border with Russia. Even in the past few hours, the Russian Defense Ministry has accused Kiev of attempts to “terrorist attacks” overnight: “Attempts by the Kiev regime to launch terrorist attacks were stopped using drones against targets in the territory of the Russian Federation,” the ministry said in a statement reprinted by Russian media. “Air defense systems destroyed two Ukrainian drones on the territory of the region of Belgorod and another was intercepted on the territory of Kursk region”.
Attacks in Kharkiv
Meanwhile, the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine was hit by Russian attacks overnight. A high school and an apartment building were damaged. Second Dmytro Chubenkospokesperson of the Regional Prosecutor’s Office, the Russian forces have used S-300 ballistic and long-range missilesaffecting both Kharkiv and the district of the same name: “In the neighborhood Slobid in Kharkiv, in the southern part of the city, a high school, an apartment building and an industrial area were targeted,” Chubenko explained. “There are no injuries. Fifteen cars and the facade of a nine-storey residential building were damaged.” Chubenko added that in the attack, which occurred around 1 am (midnight in Italy), two missiles fell in open areas in the Kharkiv district without causing injuries or casualties.
