nato spokesman: nato will not be part of the russia-ukraine conflict
2024-09-04
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recently, ukraine has been calling on its western allies to allow ukraine to use western-provided weapons to launch in-depth strikes on russian territory. however, there are obvious differences within european countries on this issue.
according to a report by spanish media euronews on september 2,a nato spokesman said nato would not be part of the conflict。
the spokesman said nato members have the right to protect their airspace from attacks, but close consultation is necessary among member states.nato is not a party to the conflict and will not become part of it。
ukraine calls on western countries to lift the ban on using long-range weapons to attack russian territory
on september 3, the verkhovna rada (parliament) of ukraine passed a resolutioncalls on g7 countries to end western use of force against ukraineaid to ukrainelimitations on long-range weapons striking military targets in russia。
on september 1, ukrainian president zelensky said that ukraine's response to the russian army requires greater support from the west, including allowing the ukrainian army to use western long-range weapons to carry out deep strikes on targets such as missile launch sites in russia.
ukrainian president zelensky:whether the war can be ended as soon as possible depends on us president biden, british prime minister starmer, french president macron, german chancellor scholz and others.
on the same day, ukrainian prime minister shmyhal said that due to russia's large-scale missile attack on kharkiv, western partners should not restrict ukraine from using its weapons to strike russian territory.
european countries fail to reach consensus on lifting arms ban
but,european countries are far from reaching a consensus on lifting arms restrictions. italian deputy prime minister matteo salvini said recently that if the west provides ukraine with weapons that can be used to strike russia's homeland, it could trigger a fierce global war. germany also opposes providing ukraine with taurus cruise missiles with a range of up to 500 kilometers. agence france-presse said that britain restricts kiev from using the long-range missiles it provides. although french president macron supports ukraine's long-range strikes on russian military targets in principle, he has not yet provided relevant weapons. hungarian foreign minister szijjártó said recently that ukraine's use of western long-range weapons to strike russian territory could lead to a serious escalation of the situation.
