Ukraine has the solid legal and military right to strike deep inside Russia to gain combat advantage, Chair of the NATO Military Committee Admiral Rob Bauer said Saturday.
“Every nation that is attacked has the right to defend itself. And that right doesn’t stop at the border of your own nation,” Bauer, who serves as the principal advisor to NATO’s secretary general said, speaking at the close of the committee’s annual meeting.
Nations have the sovereign right to put limits on the weapons they send to Ukraine, he added. Lieutenant General Karel Řehka, chief of the Czech Armed Forces General Staff, said his nation places no such weapons restrictions on Kyiv.
But he also pointed to the political risks and the potential of escalation: ”It’s important to take into consideration every aspect, including the potential of escalation and other things.” Läs artikel