Allow kyiv to target Russian territory with Western weapons: “the time has come” for the head of NATO

This green light would be all the more important as kyiv has had to face, in recent days, a Russian offensive near Kharkiv, which it is having difficulty containing. Even if, on Saturday, the Ukrainian military command announced that this assault was today "stopped".

"Use these weapons against legitimate targets"

For the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, "the fact of denying Ukraine the possibility of using these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory makes its defense very difficult. His comments follow a first breach in the safeguards put in place by the allies in their support of kyiv.

Since the start of the war, in fact, the West had formally prohibited kyiv from using the weapons provided to directly attack Russian territory. But at the beginning of May, the United Kingdom was the first among them to authorize the Ukrainian army to use its equipment. In particular the famous Storm Shadow missiles.

In France, the debate is launched

In addition, our colleagues from Figaro recall that, according to an investigation by the New York Times, the United States could also bring down this barrier.
In France, the debate was also launched by the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee at the National Assembly, Jean-Louis Bourlanges.

Deputy Modem calls on France to "come out of its reserve". He would like to see the country change its position: "This change in doctrine is perfectly legitimate insofar as it puts an end to the unacceptable asymmetry between the situation of the ;rsquo;attacked and that of the aggressor." At the same time, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked, in an interview with AFP, to its allies authorization for its army to strike Russian territory with weapons supplied by them.