NATO states call for no red lines on Ukraine’s use of Western weapons, euractiv.com

In Sofia, 24 of the 32 NATO members adopted a declaration pledging to provide Ukraine with everything possible “in the name of democracy”.

“The time has come to reconsider restrictions on the use of Western weapons for military purposes in Russia,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a briefing at the Council of Ministers’ meeting after meeting Bulgarian Prime Minister Dimitar Glavchev, Defence Minister Atanas Zapryanov and Defence Chief Admiral Emil Eftimov.

“NATO’s main goal is not to fight war. It should prevent war. NATO’s goal is peace,” he said at the opening of NATO’s parliamentary assembly in Sofia, recalling that it is not NATO’s decision but that of the member states who voted in favour of the declaration.

“It makes no sense that missiles cannot be used against Russia while Russia is firing at Kyiv”, the UK representatives stressed. Läs artikel