Ukrainian President Chief Adviser Andrii Yermak today called for an end to restrictions on the use of delivered from the allies weapons against targets deep inside Russian territory and said that this would lead to a major change in the fight against Moscow's occupation, Reuters reported, BTA reported.
Yermak did not mention any specific country restrictions, but his comments came days after the White House reaffirmed a ban on Ukraine conducting strikes deep into Russian territory with US-supplied weapons following a Russian missile strike on a children's hospital in Kiev, Reuters noted. .
"Partners should remove all restrictions on the use of weapons not only on the territory of Ukraine, but also to have the ability to respond (to Russian attacks), including on the territory of Russia," Ermak said at a public forum in the last day at the NATO summit in Washington.
"It is impossible to fight against them,", he continued, noting that Russia acts "without any restrictions. The enemy can directly attack our civilians, children's hospitals and schools, and we have these restrictions.
"The rules of the game will change" if Ukraine's allies lift all restrictions on the use of their weapons "and I hope that our partners will understand this and agree to make this decision as soon as possible -soon", Ermak also said.
In the words of the adviser to the Ukrainian president, Ukraine "is satisfied" as for the results of other issues discussed at the NATO summit. The final declaration from the meeting stated that the decisions made there represented a "bridge" to Ukraine's membership in the alliance in the future.
"The Next Step" should be an invitation to Ukraine to join NATO, Ermak said.