Ukraine can strike both Russia, Belarus to defend itself – Lithuanian foreign minister

May 31, Pozirk. Ukraine should be allowed to strike assets both in Russia and Belarus to defend itself, Lithuanian Foreign Minister Gabrielius Landsbergis has indicated.
“I mean that Ukraine should be able to defend itself,” he said on May 31 ahead of a NATO foreign ministers meeting in Prague, Radyjo Svaboda reported.
“If Russia, fearing that its targets may be under fire in Russia, can relocate them somewhere else, then, I think, [Ukraine’s] choice of targets should be relocated as well,” he said.
Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine from Belarus on February 24, 2022 when Russia began its full-scale invasion.
Russian troops fired missiles at Ukrainian cities from Belarus for several months. The Russian military has also used Belarusian military infrastructure.
Meanwhile, debate gathers force in the West that Ukraine should be allowed to use long-range missiles to strike assets that attack it from Russia and elsewhere.
In March, the United States sent army tactical missile systems (ATACMS) to Ukraine that can hit targets as far as 300km (186 miles) away, Al Jazeera reported.
Ukraine has already used ATAMACS to take out a number of missile launchers and radars in Russian-occupied Crimea, media reported.
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