Jens Stoltenberg says the rules on using Western weapons should be eased

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Here is the video interview (2 min)

Jens Stoltenberg says the rules on using Western weapons should be eased

NATO Secretaries-General do not normally attack the policies of the alliance’s biggest and most important member country. But Jens Stoltenberg, whose ten-year stint in charge is coming to an end, has done just that.

In an interview with The Economist on May 24th, he called on NATO allies supplying weapons to Ukraine to end their prohibition on using them to strike military targets in Russia. Mr Stoltenberg’s clear, if unnamed, target was the policy maintained by Joe Biden, America’s president, of controlling what Ukraine can and cannot attack with American-supplied systems.

  • RubberDuck@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    I’d say that this restriction should be removed. If you want to impose a restriction, restrict it to valid military targets… But this is kinda redundant. Ukranians are not in the habit of targeting schools, hospitals, post offices, more schools and hospitals, DIY centers, coffee houses and other civic centers.

  • shastaEnglish
    29·
    1 month ago

    NATO has a boss? Is the Super NATO their boss? Maybe the SharkNATO?