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NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has called on NATO allies who supply Ukraine with weapons to lift the ban on their use in attacking military targets in Russia.
"The time has come for the Allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions they have placed on the use of the weapons they have donated to Ukraine. Especially now that there is too much fighting going on in Kharkiv, near the border, to deny Ukraine the ability to use of these weapons against legitimate military targets on Russian territory makes it very difficult for them to defend themselves," Stoltenberg said.
Stoltenberg noted that the Russians would continue to press, gain small positions, and were willing to pay a too high a price for these small gains. He said the challenge was to prevent this war from turning into an all-out war between Russia and NATO in Europe, while stressing the difference between arms supplies, training and military action. "We provide training, we provide weapons, ammunition to Ukraine, but we will not be directly involved from NATO territory in combat operations on or in Ukraine. So this is another thing," Stoltenberg said.
He also commented on the proposal to deploy troops to Ukraine if its government requests it, an idea championed by French President Emmanuel Macron.
"That's not the plan. We have no intention of sending NATO ground troops to Ukraine because our goal ... has been two-fold, to support Ukraine as we do, but also to make sure that we don't escalate this into a full-scale conflict" , said Stoltenberg
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