Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky continued his push for President Biden to lift restrictions on Ukraine using American-supplied weapons to attack up to 300 miles inside Russia, bolstered by the United Kingdom’s decision this week to lift similar limits on its Storm missiles. Long distance shadow.
Although the Biden administration has given Ukraine the green light to attack across Russia’s borders, near the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Zelensky is pushing for the US to give in to its broader ban on attacking military targets inside Russia that is in effect. due to concerns of provoking Russian President Vladimir. Put on.
“IIf we want to win, if we want to prevail, if we want to save our country and defend it, we need to raise all our [limitations]Zelensky said at a news conference alongside outgoing NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg in Washington on Thursday, noting that he spoke with President Biden and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer about the request.
In a post on social media site X,Zelensky saidhe met with Starmer and “learned about the permission to use Storm Shadow missiles against military targets on Russian territory” and discussed “the practical implementation of this decision”.
Zelensky, during the press conference, called it “crazy” to have limitations on how he can use donated weapons to attack Russia.
“We understand what military base they attack us from, and if they attacked us and killed our children in the hospital, it’s a crazy question why can’t we answer and attack this person, this military base, where these guided jet bombs are coming from, or a missile came, hit us and killed our children,” Zelensky said.
A series of Russian missile attacks across Ukraine on Sunday hit sites including achildren’s Hospitalin Kyiv. Two adults were killed and more than 50 people were injured, including seven children.
Stoltenberg reiterated his support for Ukraine’s right to use weapons supplied by NATO allied countries to attack on Russian territory. He added that NATO’s support for Ukraine complies with international law and does not make it a party to the conflict.
“Some allies did not impose any restrictions, this varies somewhat between allies, but the allies reduced restrictions on the use of weapons delivered to Ukraine, and this allowed Ukraine to attack Russia’s territory,” Stoltenberg said. .
The Hill has reached out to the White House for comment on Zelensky’s demands.
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