Iranian missiles in Russia are a legitimate target, Ukrainian official says
US has told allies it believes Iran has sent short-range ballistic missiles to Russia for its war in Ukraine
A senior Ukrainian official said on Monday Western partner countries must allow Ukraine to use weapons they have supplied to strike military warehouses inside Russia because of strong suspicions Iran has provided ballistic missiles for the Kremlin’s war effort.
Western countries supporting Ukraine in the war have hesitated to let its military strike targets on Russian soil, fearing they could be sucked into Europe’s biggest conflict since World War 2, but Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian presidential office, said “protection is not escalation”.
“In response to the supply of ballistic missiles to Russia, Ukraine must be allowed to destroy warehouses storing these missiles with Western weapons in order to avoid terror,” Yermak said on his Telegram channel. He did not specify which country was supplying the missiles.
