Norway believes that Ukraine can hit Russia

Norway is not against Ukraine's attacks on Russia/Collage 24 Channel< p _ngcontent-sc92 class="news-annotation">Norway believes that Ukraine has the right to strike Russian territory with Western weapons. A categorical position against this negatively affects the acceleration of Ukraine’s victory in the war.

However, there will be no public official statements about permission to attack Russian territory. Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Bart Eide stated this in an interview with the publication.

“Ukraine has a crystal clear right”

According to Eide, Norway fundamentally believes that Ukraine can use the weapons it received from Western countries against Russian military targets that relate to the war in Ukraine. “Otherwise we impose a demarcation on Ukraine, which makes it difficult to win,” he noted.

The Norwegian minister expressed this position, referring to international law.

“Ukraine has a crystal clear right under international law to attack Russia in defense of its territory,” he said.

According to him, Ukraine must wage war in the way that is most effective . If Ukrainian territory is attacked with long-range fire from inside Russia, then the Ukrainian Armed Forces should be able to hit enemy forces in response.

“In war this is quite normal, and we cannot force Ukraine should be fought with one hand behind its back,” adds the Norwegian minister.

However, when asked whether there would be a corresponding official statement from Norway, he replied that when it concerns specific conditions and conditions for specific weapons systems, the Norwegian authorities, like the authorities of some other countries, will be careful not to “say it out loud.”

There is a war now, and there are many people who are watching what we say in public. This is a line that we share with many other countries,” Ende concluded.

Ukraine’s strikes on Russia: what they are saying in other countries

• More than a dozen countries have already given permission to Ukraine to use their weapons against targets in Russia. The Czech Republic was the last to express its positive position regarding strikes against Russia. They believe that the Ukrainian Armed Forces can hit targets on Russian territory within the framework of international law.
• The list of countries that allowed Ukraine to attack Russian targets also includes Great Britain, Poland, Sweden, France, Canada, the Netherlands, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania.
• The appropriate permit is still being considered, in particular in the USA and Germany. But among the states that are categorically against this so far are Italy and Germany.