Zelensky said the attack on Kharkiv that left seven dead was possible “because Ukraine still has restrictions on defending itself” and cannot use its allies’ weapons to attack Russia.
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Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky appealed to Western countries, which send military aid, to authorize Ukraine to attack Russian infrastructure from which the Russian army is reaching Ukrainian territory.
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Zelensky condemned Russian attacks with guided missiles and aerial bombs in the Kharkiv border region and lamented Ukraine’s lack of air defenses as well as the ban on attacking Russian territory with weapons that most of kyiv’s allies have sent to the country.
On Thursday, Russian strikes killed seven people in the Kharkiv region.
“Attacks like yesterday [quinta-feira] They are only possible “because Ukraine still has restrictions on defending itself,” Zelensky said in a speech broadcast overnight.
The head of state regretted that the Ukrainian Army “still cannot destroy” the “missile firing systems” with which Russia attacks Ukraine across the border, due to international restrictions and the lack of long-range missiles.
The United States, France and the United Kingdom have sent a limited number of long-range missiles to Ukraine, which kyiv is using to destroy Russian military targets in Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories.
Until now, the Most of Ukraine’s allied countries prohibited Ukraine from using weapons to attack Russian territory.for fear of direct retaliation from Moscow.
Even so, the United Kingdom recently announced that it was authorize Ukraine attacks Russian territory with British weapons.
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You USAHe France and most of Ukraine’s allies did not officially change the policy on how kyiv can use military equipment.
“All countries in the world consider restrictions on the fight against terrorism wrong and unfair,” Zelensky said in the same speech.
“The protection of life must have all the necessary instruments to truly defeat terrorists,” he added, referring to Russia, before calling for greater “determination” from international leaders.
Source: Observadora
