Ukraine Using Western Weapons on Russian Soil Won’t Make NATO Party to War: Stoltenberg

Ukraine’s use of weapons supplied by its Western allies against targets inside Russia would not make NATO and its members part of the conflict, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a European Union (EU) meeting on Tuesday. “The fact that we are delivering equipment to Ukraine doesn’t make NATO party to the conflict,” Mr. Stoltenberg said ahead of a meeting with the EU’s defense ministers. NATO allies “have the right to support Ukraine without becoming a party to the conflict” because they are “helping Ukraine to uphold the right for self-defense.” He explained that some allies that supply weapons to Ukraine have not imposed restrictions on how Ukraine should use these weapons....