Polish Foreign Minister Asks His Colleagues To Allow Ukraine To Attack Russia's Inner Territory

Vitaly Never/TASS/DOK

JAKARTA - Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski said he had asked his European counterparts to allow Ukraine to strike targets deep within Russian territory using Western-submitted weapons. "I ask my fellow ministers to lift national restrictions on the use of long-range weapons," Sikorski told reporters quoted from Sputnik-OANA via Antara, Tuesday, July 23. According to the Foreign Minister, with the lifting of these restrictions Ukraine could prevent attacks by hitting planes carrying missiles and airfields where they take off. Sakorsi juga menyatakan, tindakan semacam itu "akan menjadi perlindungan yang sah berdasarkan hukum internasional." In early July, Britain's Ministry of Defense denied claims it had allowed Ukraine to use the Storm Shadow missile to attack Russian territory, The Telegraph reported, citing a number of sources. Approval for such actions reportedly requires signatures from France and other countries.

At the same time, the media reported that several countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) also did not give permission to Ukraine to use donated weapons to attack targets deep within Russian territory.