Finland views Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and military targets inside Russia as legally justified, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told The Moscow Times on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Tuesday targeted an oil refinery and a drone assembly plant in the republic of Tatarstan, the farthest-reaching strikes inside Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine over two years ago.

“The UN Charter allows a country, while it defends its independence, to attack targets which are military. So I would just leave it like that,” Valtonen told The Moscow Times on Wednesday.

  • NoIWontPickAName@kbin.earth
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    3 months ago

    That’s exactly what we expected.

    Here’s a bunch of guns and ammo, but no taking the war home to the aggressors.

    As long as they were only operating in Ukraine they never had a chance.

    Start bring down targets in Moscow and see how quick enthusiasm wears out