UK’s minister: It's completely legitimate for Ukraine to target military sites within Russia

UK’s minister: It's completely legitimate for Ukraine to target military sites within Russia

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It's completely legitimate for Ukraine to be targeting military sites within Russia in order to disrupt the logistics.

"Ukraine is a sovereign country that was living peacefully within its own borders, and then another country decided to violate those borders and bring 130,000 troops across into their country. That started a war between Ukraine and Russia. And in war, Ukraine needs to strike into its opponents depth, to attack its logistics lines, its fuel supplies, its ammunition depots. And that’s part of it [war]," James Heappey, Minister for the Armed Forces at UK Ministry of Defence, said on the air of Times Radio, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, it's completely legitimate for Ukraine to be targeting in Russia’s depth in order to "disrupt the logistics that, if they weren’t disrupted, would directly contribute to death and carnage on Ukrainian soil."

At the same time, according to Heappey, the use of weapons provided by international partners is not a problem.

"I think that it’s certainly the case that things that the international community are now providing to Ukraine have the range to be used over the borders. But that’s not necessarily a problem. There are a lot of countries around the world that operate kit that they have imported from other countries," said the minister.

He summed up that Ukraine’s attacks on the targets inside Russia is the choice of Ukraine in response to Russia's choice to "indiscriminately bomb Ukrainian towns and cities."

As reported, according to Ukrainian intelligence data, Russia plans to launch missile and bomb strikes on Belgorod or one of the towns of Crimea to accuse the Armed Forces of Ukraine and volunteer battalions of the attacks. The Chief Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine notes that the Russian authorities are actively inciting the anti-Ukrainian hysteria.

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