Ukraine has been pleading for months for restrictions on using missiles on targets inside Russia to be lifted.

David Lammy told the BBC it was important that countries supporting Ukraine had “a shared strategy to win”.

Ukraine already has supplies of long-range missiles from the UK, the United States and France but at the moment it is only allowed to fire them at targets within its own borders.

President Zelensky has been pleading for months for these restrictions to be lifted so Ukraine can use them against targets inside Russia.

  • rhys@lemmy.rhys.wtfEnglish
    151·
    3 days ago

    It’s about time. I understand the nuance at play, but it’s plainly absurd that Russia can fire Iranian weapons into Ukrainian territory but Ukraine can’t fire British weaponry into Russia.

  • girlfreddyOPEnglish
    93·
    3 days ago

    Westernized nations have forcibly reduced Zelenskiy to beg for the OK to defend his nation, and we are aiding and abetting Putin in this standoff.

    It’s painful to watch.

    • InvertedParallax@lemm.eeEnglish
      22·
      2 days ago

      I think we should cut all arms supply with Ukraine.

      We made a deal with the Budapest memorandum, we have clearly failed to uphold it, we should admit that publicly.

      And then we should give them back their nukes, or nukes of equivalent value to use as they see fit.