Polish FM says EU should allow Ukraine to use long-range arms

2024-07-22 20:07 update: 2024-07-25, 14:33
Radosław Sikorski. Photo PAP/Marcin Obara
Radosław Sikorski. Photo PAP/Marcin Obara
Poland's Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has appealed to EU counterparts to lift restrictions imposed by their countries on the use for "legal self-defence" by Ukraine of long-range weapons donated by them to the country.

Sikorski made the call during a monthly meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council (FAC) in Brussels on Monday. 

He said that with long-range arms Ukraine could prevent Russian attacks, such as the recent shelling of a children's oncology hospital in Kyiv, by being able to destroy fighter jets which fire manoeuvre missiles and attack the airports from which they take off.

Sikorski argued that defending children's oncology hospitals "is not escalation.. but self-defence, which is legal under international law." (PAP)
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