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foreign media: zelensky issued a video calling on the united states, britain, france and germany! ukraine needs to be allowed to use long-range weapons to strike targets in russia, "important decisions cannot be delayed"

[global times report] according to ukrainian "rbc.ua" news network and other media reports, ukrainian president zelensky delivered a video speech on august 31 local time, calling on the united states, britain, france and germany to allow the ukrainian army to use long-range weapons to attack targets in russia.

on august 31, local time, zelensky delivered a video speech. source: screenshot of the video from ukraine's "rbc.ua" news website

ukraine's rbc.ua news website reported that zelensky mentioned the attack on the kharkiv region on august 30 in his video speech that day, and said that ukraine needed to be allowed to use long-range weapons to attack targets in russia in order to "defend ukraine and protect ukrainians."

the report said that zelensky also said in his video speech that clearing russian air-guided bombs from ukraine's skies would be a "powerful measure to force russia to seek an end to the war and achieve a just peace." he also called on the united states, britain, france and germany, saying that ukraine "needs to be allowed to use long-range strike capabilities, and also needs these countries' long-range artillery shells and missiles" and "cannot delay making important decisions."

recently, against the backdrop of the ukrainian army's offensive in russian territory, there has been concern over whether western countries will relax restrictions on the ukrainian army's use of weapons provided by them.

according to the russian satellite news agency and other media, regarding the question of "whether ukraine is still restricted when using weapons provided by the united states", pentagon spokesman ryder said at a press conference on august 27 local time that the position of prohibiting the ukrainian army from using us-made weapons to strike deep into the heart of russia has not changed, but "ukraine can use us military assistance to resist cross-border attacks, that is, to fight back." according to the russian "kommersant" newspaper, regarding "some western countries considering allowing ukraine to use missiles and other weapons provided by them to long-range strike targets in russia", russian foreign minister lavrov said on august 27 that "this is playing with fire."