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Let us strike Russian territory, Zelenskyy asks Western allies
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Ukraine urgently needs the West’s go-ahead to launch attacks on Russian territory with donated weapons, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday after signing a long-term security deal with Belgium that includes the provision of 30 F-16s fighter jets by 2028.
This follows a long-held policy by Western allies that compels Kyiv to use donated weapons and ammunition strictly within its territory, parts of which are currently occupied by Russian forces.
Allies worry that if their equipment is employed to hit deep inside Russia, the war will escalate and trigger the activation of NATO’s collective defence.
While expressing gratitude for the military assistance, Zelenskyy raised the stakes and directly asked Western allies to lift the restriction, which he argued has been rendered obsolete by the shifting dynamics of the battlefield.
In recent weeks, Ukrainian drones have struck energy infrastructure, including oil depots and refineries, based in Russia in an attempt to harm the country’s most profitable industry.
On Tuesday, Zelenskyy defended his army’s strategy and said his war-torn nation had the right to counter Russia’s destruction of civilian buildings and energy systems.
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