Russia Selenskyj: Restrictions on Western weapons must end

At the NATO summit in Washington, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi once again called for the lifting of all restrictions on the use of Western weapons against Russian territory. "If we want to win and preserve our country, then all these restrictions must be lifted," emphasized the Ukrainian head of state at a joint press conference with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. The main concern was military bases in the Russian hinterland, from which missile attacks such as the one on the capital Kiev on Monday originate. "If they attacked us and killed our children, it is crazy to ask why we are not allowed to attack this military base," said Selenskyj.

Ukraine is defending itself against the Russian invasion with massive Western support. Several allies have supplied Kiev with missiles and cruise missiles with longer ranges, but have limited their area of use to Russian territories bordering Ukraine. However, missile attacks such as the one on Monday are launched from air bases over 600 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. The cruise missiles provided by the UK and France cannot reach them. The US ATACMS missiles fired from rocket launcher systems also only have a range of just over 300 kilometers. However, the Ukrainian army has already attacked these air bases itself with drones of its own production.