Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (left) and Nato secretary-general Jens Stoltenberg hold a press conference at the Nato summit in Washington. Zelensky urges Nato leaders to lift limits on striking Russia Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 11 called on Nato leaders to drop all restrictions on letting Kyiv strike inside Russia with Western weaponry as they wrapped up a three-day summit in Washington. The 32-nation alliance has used the pomp-filled 75th anniversary gala in the US capital to showcase its resolve against Moscow and backing for Kyiv.
The Ukrainian leader joined his Nato counterparts after receiving promises of new air defences for Ukraine and as allies began the transfer of long-promised F-16 jets. But Mr Zelensky called on Kyiv’s backers, especially the US, to go further - including by giving his outgunned forces greater scope to strike inside Russia. “If we want to win, if we want to prevail, if we want to save our country and to defend it, we need to lift all the limitations,” Mr Zelensky said.
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