Borrell commented on the possibility of attacks by Western weapons on Russia, and Stoltenberg made a statement

Borrell made a statement regarding strikes by Western weapons on Russia from Ukraine/Collage 24 Channel

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba addressed European ministers. A Ukrainian official asks to lift the ban on the use of Western weapons for military purposes on the territory of the aggressor country.

EU High Diplomat for Security and Defense Josep Borrell said that there is a growing discussion among EU member states about the possibility of Ukraine striking Russian territory with Western weapons. He announced this following a meeting of the EU Council, reports the correspondent of 24 Channel in Brussels.

Ukraine resists enemy attacks

Josep Borrell noted that Ukraine needs even more air defense systems, in particular Patriot, as well as the lifting of restrictions on the use of Western weapons against the Russian military on Russian territory .

We take into account the fact that Ukraine must resist attacks that are carried out against it from Russian territory. Some member countries are lifting restrictions on Ukrainians so they can use our military support to respond to Russian attacks on Russian territory, not just occupied territory, Borrell said.

The chief diplomat also noted that after massive Russian shelling in Ukraine there was “catastrophic damage to the power grid.” According to him, this already has a huge impact, but it will also have an impact on the next winter. talks about peace talks, but his troops launch another offensive on Kharkov. They are shelling crowded civilian buildings and trying to disrupt the upcoming Swiss peace summit,” added the EU’s top diplomat.

The EU High Representative says the EU fully supports the Peace Summit to be held in Switzerland in mid-June. Josep Borrell added that during the meeting, the ministers discussed the delay of EU military assistance to Ukraine due to a lack of unanimity. However, he refused to name the country that is slowing down the process.

We are already in a big delay, which has a specific course, which there are differences between member states, in particular one of them, to achieve the necessary consensus, said Borrell.

NATO Secretary General admits the problem

During a press conference in Sofia, Jens Stoltenberg addressed the allies and said that they should reconsider restrictions on a ban on Ukraine striking Russia with Western weapons. He voiced this position against the background of border battles in the Kharkov region.

The Secretary General of the North Atlantic Alliance noted that our state is fighting in a war of aggression and, according to international law, has the right to self-defense.

The right to self-defense includes the right to strike legitimate military targets outside of Ukraine. This is part of self-defense. We see how this is clearly visible now in the battles in the Kharkov region, because Russian troops are on Russian territory, attacking Ukrainian territory on the border,” he says.

According to him , the front line is more or less along the border line, and if you can't attack the Russian forces on the other side of the front because they are on the other side of the border, then you are really reducing the ability of the Ukrainian forces to defend themselves.

Stoltenberg also explained that in such conditions the Russians could attack without being attacked in return. In this context, he called on allies who had imposed restrictions on the use of weapons they had transferred to reconsider those restrictions.

“My message is that we must consider these restrictions because that by having too many restrictions, we are tying one hand of the Ukrainian armed forces,” said the NATO Secretary General.