BLINKEN: ‘WE’VE ADAPTED AND ADJUSTED’: NATO foreign ministers are meeting in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, as pressure grows to provide Ukraine with not just more air defense but also the flexibility to use long-range weapons in cross-border strikes on Russian positions. “Whatever the needs are, we’re in touch with them and we’re talking to them, and those conversations continue right now,” Kirby said. “Ukraine has, according to international law, the right to self-defense, to defend themselves, and the right of self-defense includes also striking targets outside Ukraine, legitimate military targets inside Russia,” Stoltenberg said Tuesday at a meeting of European Union defense ministers in Brussels. And part of the border is actually the front line.”“It will be very hard and difficult for the Ukrainians to defend themselves if they cannot hit military targets just on the other side of the border,” Stoltenberg said. “Polish Deputy Defense Minister Cezary Tomczyk stated that Poland also has no restrictions on Ukraine’s use of Polish-supplied weapons on military targets in Russia.

Source: Washington Post May 30, 2024 23:22 UTC