Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez stated that he did not support the idea of using NATO weapons to target Russian territory.
The decision followed talks between Sánchez and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Spain.
We have neither such will nor such intention and I certainly have no information about this.
Despite the opposition of some countries, the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Sofia approved an amendment to the final declaration by a majority vote. As a result, Ukraine was authorised to attack targets on Russian territory using NATO weapons, according to the Bulgarian parliament.
Former member of the European Parliament and Italian politician, Michele Santoro, was among those who spoke out against sending NATO weapons to Ukraine.
Meloni, Schlein and the others. Where are you and what are you saying while Stoltenberg takes us towards the Third World War?
The declaration read that Ukraine had permission to attack “legitimate targets” in Russia. However, representatives of nine countries did not support the initiative. The Assembly also endorsed Ukraine’s support until “its victory.”
About 400 parliamentarians from NATO countries and 25 partner countries of the organisation are taking part in the spring session of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly. The forum’s agenda includes defence and security issues with a focus on support for Ukraine and priorities for the upcoming NATO summit in Washington in July.
According to Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder, the United States opposes the use of US-made weapons outside Ukraine. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has repeatedly emphasised that he objects to the delivery of long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv.
However, after a recent visit to Kyiv, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that he planned to propose to President Joe Biden to lift the ban on the use of US weapons against targets in Russia, The New York Times reported.
Earlier, the Spanish newspaper El País wrote that Ukraine was putting pressure on its allies to allow it to deploy NATO weapons against Russia.
