Let Ukraine strike deep into Russia and keep the momentum, Kuleba urges EU countries

Dmytro Kuleba has urged EU countries to take "bold decisions" and allow Ukraine to use donated weapons to strike deep into Russian territory.

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00:00EU's top diplomat Josep Borrell calls on EU allies to step up and agree on the use of

00:08their weapons against deeper Russian territory military targets, whilst pledging for the

00:13restrictions on weapons to be lifted, as he met with Ukraine's Minister of Foreign Affairs

00:19in an informal meeting alongside their counterparts in Brussels.

00:23The weaponry that we are providing to Ukraine has to have full use and the restrictions

00:32have to be lifted in order for the Ukrainians to be able to target the places where Russia

00:39is bombing them. Otherwise, the weaponry is useless.

00:46Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said that the move is essential for them and Ukraine

00:52intends to attack only legitimate military targets.

00:58One of the outstanding issues on our agenda is the permission for Ukraine to strike legitimate,

01:07I emphasize legitimate, military targets in the depths of Russia. And here we are mainly

01:12talking about airfields which are used by Russia to launch their bombers, strategic

01:18bombers and tactical bombers to attack Ukrainian forces and to attack Ukrainian citizen infrastructure.

01:25But both the US and the UK still prohibits Ukraine from using US tactical missiles and

01:31British-made storm shadow missiles for strikes deeper inside Russia. Other EU members believe

01:37that allowing Ukraine to hit deep into Russian territory with the weapons they provide could

01:43be a cause for escalation.

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