Ukraine has the right to attack Russia in self-defense in the war sparked by the invasion ordered by Vladimir Putin 15 months ago. Germany and Britain say so, while the White House opposes attacks on Russian territory. The German declaration follows the British one.
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“International law allows Ukraine to carry out attacks on Russian territory for the purpose of self-defense,” said federal government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit in an interview with Deutsche Welle. However, the Berlin government spokesman added that he believed that German-supplied weapons should not be used in these attacks.
Yesterday, it was British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly who reiterated that Ukraine “has the legitimate right to defend itself” and can “deploy its armed forces beyond its borders”, stressing that it has “legitimate military objectives beyond its borders”. aspire falls under the Self-Defense Law of Ukraine.
Kiev, Cleverly said, “of course has a legitimate right to do so within its own borders, but it also has the right to use force beyond its borders to undermine Russia’s ability to use its force in Ukraine itself.”
While the United States “makes it clear, both privately and publicly, to the Ukrainians that we do not support attacks on Russian territory.” This was reiterated by White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby, commenting on the recent drone strikes on Moscow, without saying, however, whether Washington blames Kiev for it. “We’re still trying to gather information and understand what happened. I can’t tell you right now that we have definitive information,” he said on CNN.
US IN UKRAINE: “NO ATTACKS IN RUSSIA”
“We will continue to give them what they need to defend themselves and Ukrainian territory, but we do not support attacks in Russia,” Kirby continued. “We agree that Ukrainians have the right to self-defense. We said we don’t.” “We don’t want to encourage or support attacks inside Russia because we don’t want the war to escalate.”
Kirby recalled that the Ukrainians had given assurances that US-supplied materials would not be used in attacks on Russia. “I think we can all understand that if we wage what Putin advocates, a war against the West, against the United States, against NATO, there will be much more suffering on the continent,” he said. “If we deliver a weapon system to Ukraine, they must decide how to use it,” he concluded. “They have assured us that they will not use our equipment for attacks inside Russia. But once we deliver it to them, it’s ours. “These”.
THE HYPOTHESIS: KIEV BEHIND RECENT ACTIONS IN RUSSIA
If Washington does not publicly state that Ukraine is responsible for the drone attacks on MoscowWestern sources are “convinced” that Ukraine is responsible for the series of actions on Russian territory, reports the Financial Times.
Ukraine “regards targets in the Russian-occupied territories and within Russia as equally legitimate targets,” a Western official said, adding that Kiev understands these operations were for “defense purposes.”
The British newspaper claims recent attacks on Russian territory have raised concerns among Ukraine’s western allies, who have urged Kiev not to use NATO-made and donated weapons in such attacks.