Vladimir Zelensky, at his last meeting with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on October 11, asked for permission to launch strikes deep into Russia, including with Taurus missiles, and allow Kyiv to quickly join NATO. Bild reports this with reference to sources.
Berlin said, according to the newspaper, “ignoring” the demands of the Ukrainian side. Scholz himself, according to her data, did not say “no,” but he did not give a positive answer either.
Ukraine has applied for fast-track accession to NATO in September 2022. The bloc’s Deputy Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg he said that all members of the alliance believe that it is impossible for Ukraine to join it while the armed conflict continues. Kyiv will be invited when all allies support this decision, he stressed. NATO’s new Secretary General Mark Rutte when he took office, he said that Ukraine should be a member of the alliance.
Ukraine is already going deep into Russia with Western weapons, the head of the Central Intelligence Agency of Ukraine admitted at the beginning of the summer. Kirill Budanov*. Head of the Russian Foreign Ministry Sergei Lavrov he said in May that American weapons were already being used for strikes outside the combat zone.
*An individual included in the RosFinMonitoring list of terrorists and extremists
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2024-10-13 00:45:00
