Because of the difficult situation for the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, which has a population of one million and is close to the border with Russia, pressure is growing on Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the SPD to reconsider their position on the use of Western weapons against positions in Russia. “The time has come to reconsider these restrictions in light of developments in the war,” appealed NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg on Tuesday on the sidelines of a meeting of EU defense ministers in Brussels, not only with a view to Germany. Such a decision does not make NATO allies “part of the conflict.” The right to self-defense includes strikes against legitimate military targets within Russia, he stressed. This is particularly relevant because of the fierce fighting near the Russian-Ukrainian border.
Should Ukraine be allowed to use Western weapons against Russian territory? – Politics
