by Jack Montgomery, The National Pulse:
North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says “the time has come” for NATO governments to greenlight direct strikes on Russia using Western weapons. Before now, Western governments have asked that the Ukrainians not launch Western missiles into Russia proper — excluding the Crimea and other territories annexed from Ukraine. Stoltenberg and 24 NATO governments now want to escalate the alliance’s proxy war with Moscow.
“The time has come for allies to consider whether they should lift some of the restrictions they have imposed on weapons donated to Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said in Bulgaria. “NATO’s main goal is not to fight war. It should prevent war. NATO’s goal is peace,” he added, despite the proposed measure being likely to intensify and potentially expand the war in Ukraine.
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Of 32 members of NATO, 24 support lifting restrictions on the use of Western weapons against Russia, with the British government being among the most hawkish.
“We have to admit that Ukraine is losing this war right now. We cannot continue to tell Ukraine not to fire its missiles at Russia, which is happily firing its missiles at Kyiv. It will be very sad if we don’t accept this amendment,” said the British representative, per Bulgarian media.
Despite Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s past support for Ukraine, Italy is among the countries opposed to escalation. “I don’t understand why Stoltenberg would say such a thing,” Meloni said, also criticizing “questionable statements” from France’s Emmanuel Macron in recent weeks.
“NATO cannot force us to kill in Russia, nor can anyone compel us to send Italian soldiers to fight or die in Ukraine,” added Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini.
Ukraine is already striking Russia using non-Western weapons, including artillery and drones.
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