KYIV, May 31 — Support grew among Nato allies today for using Western-donated weapons to strike inside Russian territory, while Nato chief Jens Stoltenberg downplayed Kremlin...
Nato Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg chairs a meeting of Nato foreign ministers, as Sweden’s Foreign Minister Tobias Billstrom, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Nato Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana, and Czech Republic’s Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky attend, at the Czernin Palace, in Prague May 31, 2024.
“To this end, it can also use the weapons supplied for this purpose... including those supplied by us,” he said.Washington had previously resisted allowing Ukraine to use longer-range US weapons to attack Russian territory, fearing it could drag Nato into a direct conflict with Russia.
In the latest Russian strikes on the city overnight, five people were killed and 23 wounded, including two children, officials said, warning residents could still be trapped under the rubble. Russia’s military said on Friday that it had shot down 29 Ukrainian drones overnight that were targeting the port city of Novorossiisk and an oil depot in Temryuk.
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