Allies Move Closer to Letting Kyiv Use Western Weapons to Hit Targets in Russia

Published on May 30, 2024

Several European leaders this week signaled their willingness to allow Ukraine to use Western weapons to strike targets inside Russian territory. “We should allow them to neutralize military sites [inside Russia] from which missiles are fired,” French President Emmanuel Macron told reporters on May 28. He made the comment at a joint press conference with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, who also agreed that Ukraine should be “allowed to defend itself” from cross-border Russian attacks. On the same day, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg voiced similar sentiments, stressing Kyiv’s “right to self-defense.” “This right … also includes striking targets outside Ukraine—legitimate military targets inside Russia,” he said before meeting EU defense ministers in Brussels....

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