Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani has reiterated that official Rome does not allow the use of weapons provided to Ukraine to strike at Russia. He said this in a statement to La Stampa, Komersant ukrainskyi
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“Each country decides for itself. As for us, the use of Italian weapons can only take place in Ukraine,” Tayani said.
He emphasised that Italy is transferring mainly defensive weapons to Ukraine. In particular, the country is currently preparing to transfer the SAMP-T air defence system. However, it cannot be used in Russia.
“We reiterate that we are not at war with Russia, NATO is not at war with Russia, so Italy’s position remains unchanged – to use our weapons on the territory of Ukraine,” the Minister said.
It should be noted that at a meeting in Brussels on 29 August, EU foreign ministers discussed the possible lifting of restrictions on Ukraine’s use of weapons to strike Russian territory.
As reported by , by the end of this week, Ukraine’s Defence Minister Rustem Umerov and the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, are to visit the United States. They will bring a list of deep targets in Russia and ask for permission to strike them.
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Western weapons and permits to use them
As you know, the United States(and Germany after them) allow the use of weapons provided by them only for strikes on the border territories of Russia. This permission was granted by US President Joe Biden only at the end of May, and before that, strikes on Russian territory with US weapons were generally prohibited.
However, towards the end of June, unofficial statements were heard from the US side that the restrictions “do not apply to geography or a certain radius”. This means that Ukraine is allegedly able to strike at those facilities and territories from which attacks on Ukraine are directly directed, even if they are deeper than the border areas.
According to experts, border strikes will not change the situation at the front, so Zelenskyy is asking his partners for permission to use their weapons on Russian territory. Some Western countries have already given such permission.