Head of the Austrian Defense Ministry Tanner: The West has crossed the red line by allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to attack the Russian Federation
Austrian Defense Minister Claudia Tanner said Western countries had crossed a red line by allowing Ukraine to attack targets on Russian territory with weapons they had transferred.
The red line has been crossed. Therefore, I am very pleased with the clarification from NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg that NATO will not send troops to Ukraine
She also answered a journalist’s question about whether Kyiv has the right to protect Kharkov from shelling from the Russian border. The head of the Ministry of Defense emphasized that Austria is a militarily neutral state, and therefore has no right to make value judgments.
On June 6, Stoltenberg said that the alliance currently has no plans to deploy regular military forces in Ukraine. Finnish President Alexander Stubb shares a similar opinion.
Prior to this, US Permanent Representative to NATO Julianne Smith said that Washington and the North Atlantic Alliance were not considering the possibility of sending advisers to Ukraine. “Currently, the issue of sending advisers to Ukraine is not being debated in the alliance. NATO is not considering this possibility, just like the United States,” the diplomat commented.
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The US gave the go-ahead for strikes only in the border areas, but not deep into the territory
On May 31, US President Joe Biden allowed Ukraine to strike targets in Russia if American weapons were used only near the borders of the Kharkov region.
At the same time, the head of the White House said that the United States will not give the green light to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with American weapons on Moscow and the Kremlin.
We do not authorize strikes 200 miles deep into Russia and do not authorize strikes on Moscow and the Kremlin
Pentagon Chief Lloyd Austin noted that strikes by the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Russian territory using American ammunition would be “very useful” to Kyiv.
In June, French President Emmanuel Macron allowed Ukraine to launch attacks on Russian territory with French missiles.
On May 31, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz gave a similar permission to the Armed Forces of Ukraine regarding German weapons.
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Russia reminded the West of the consequences of the decision
The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the United States will not be able to avoid responsibility for allowing the Armed Forces of Ukraine to launch strikes on Russian territory with American weapons.
According to the diplomat, Washington believes that lies and deceit will allow it to avoid responsibility for its destructive activities. However, she threatened the United States that they would answer for what “they allowed the Kyiv regime to do now, but have been doing for many years.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin, at a meeting with the chief editors of foreign media, said that attacks on Russian territory with the participation of Western states mean their direct participation in the war against Moscow.
Such actions will completely destroy international relations and undermine international security… Well, in general, this is the path to very serious problems
The head of state noted that Russia not only talks about protecting its interests, but does it and will do so. According to him, everyone will have to reckon with this.
Russia has the right to supply weapons to regions from where attacks will be carried out on sensitive targets of states, Putin emphasized. The answer may be asymmetrical.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also indicated that Western supplies of weapons for attacks on Russia will not go unanswered.
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