Denmark urges full removal of weapon use restrictions for Ukraine
- Ukraine’s allies must stop dithering over helping the country fight back and allow the use of donated weapons on strikes inside Russia, said Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen. - My suggestion is, let us end the discussion about red lines, she added in an interview with Bloomberg.
The head of the Danish government categorically rejected the view that agreeing to attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces with Western weapons deep into Russian territory "would represent an escalation that would pull Kyiv’s allies into the fray."
- The most important red line has been crossed already. And that was when the Russians entered Ukraine, she added. At the same time, Mette Frederiksen emphasized that she would never allow anyone from Russia to decide "what is the right thing to do in NATO, in Europe or in Ukraine."
"Let's end the discussion about 'red lines'"
- My suggestion is, let us end the discussion about red lines. It has been a mistake during this war to have a public discussion about red lines," as that is "simply giving the Russians too good a card in their hands," - she added.
The topic of "red lines" has been ongoing since the beginning of the war in Ukraine. These have been repeatedly crossed by Ukraine's allies - the first red line was providing support to Kyiv, the next delivering tanks, and yet another delivering F-16s. Each time, the Kremlin - wanting to provoke fear and panic, activated its nuclear deterrent.
On Sunday, the Washington Post wrote: The Kremlin is aware that "there has been an overflow of nuclear threats." "However, Putin must somehow react to the fact that "red lines drawn by Moscow are being ignored by the West." -Moscow should take more profound and significant steps to show the seriousness of its intentions - said a Russian scientist with close ties to high-ranking diplomats.
Threatened to strike Strasbourg
A few days ago, the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Vyacheslav Volodin threatened the West that if it gave Kyiv permission to attack Russian targets with long-range weapons, Moscow would launch a Sarmat missile.
- Russia will give a tough response using more powerful weapons, claimed Volodin. - Europeans should understand that it would take Russia’s RS-28 Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile, known in the West as Satan II, just 3 minutes and 20 seconds to strike Strasbourg – warned Volodin.
Fortunately, Russian technological thought exploded during tests still in the silo, which the Kremlin does not officially report.
Extraordinary resolution for Ukraine
On 19 September, the European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on EU countries to immediately lift all restrictions on attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian territory using Western weapons. The document states that these restrictions prevent Ukraine from fully exercising its right to self-defence and make it defenceless. "Insufficient supplies of ammunition and weapons, as well as restrictions on their use, threaten to undermine the efforts made so far," – noted the resolution.
On 20 September, "The Times", citing informed sources, reported that the United States and the United Kingdom intend to allow Ukraine to use Storm Shadow missiles on Russian territory but will not announce their decision publicly to avoid allowing Russia to prepare for attacks.
At this moment, Ukraine can use Western weapons only against targets in occupied territories, including Crimea, as well as against military objects on Russian territory located near the border with Ukraine.
This restriction, however, does not allow the Ukrainian Armed Forces to strike at key Russian airfields from which attacks on Ukrainian cities are conducted. Therefore, Kyiv is asking Western countries for permission to strike delivered missiles at targets deep in Russia.
