"Not Escalation": NATO answered the possibility of using the F-16 for blows in

Ukraine has a legitimate right to use the weapons provided by Western partners for blows to military facilities in Russia. This, according to the Alliance Secretary General, is only a protection. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg congratulated the decisions of partners who allowed Ukraine to strike Western weapons in Russia. He stated this before a meeting of defense ministers in Brussels, and he also urged the Allies to weaken the restrictions on the use of weapons and weapons.

He also said that Ukrainian pilots and technical staff, with the assistance of NATO countries, are trained at F-16 fighters, stressed that Ukraine is entitled to self-defense, answering questions about the possible use of aircraft for blows on targets in the Russian Federation. "Ukraine has the right to self-defense, and the right to self-defense also includes strikes for legitimate military purposes on the territory of the Russian aggressor," said the head of the military-political alliance.

He stressed that self -defense is enshrined in the UN Charter and is not an "escalation", urging the Allies to help Kiev to defend the right to self -defense against unlawful aggression. We will remind, on June 12 it became known about the results of the negotiations of NATO head and Prime Minister of Hungary Viktor Orban. Politicians have agreed on the conditions in which Hungary will not block the assistance of the Alliance to Ukraine.