Canada urges other countries to permit Ukraine to strike deep into Russian territory

Canada has been trying to persuade other countries of the necessity of granting Ukraine permission for long-range strikes on targets within Russian territory.

Source: Ukrinform news agency, citing Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly after the Peace Formula conference, as reported by European Pravda

Details: Joly indicated that Canada supports allowing Ukraine to strike deep within Russia.

She emphasised that this is a part of Ukraine’s right to self-defence against Russian aggression. 

Quote: "We are also seeking to persuade other countries to adopt this position."

Background: 

• Previously, US intelligence and the Pentagon assessed that allowing Ukraine to conduct long-range strikes on Russian territory could bring Kyiv more drawbacks than benefits and thus recommended maintaining the current policy. 
• Last month, the US president hinted at the possibility of lifting the relevant restrictions on Ukraine's use of long-range weapons, saying that his administration was "working on this issue".
• At the same time, US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin supported the US restrictions on Ukraineʼs long-range strikes with Western weapons and insisted that it can defeat Russia even without such a capability.

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