NATO: Ukraine’s attack on Kursk is legitimate/we were not aware of the operation!
According to Webangah News quoted by Mehr News Agency quoted by Reuters, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg in a conversation with a German media and in the first reaction to the entry of Ukrainian forces into Russian territory, described it as legitimate and Kiev’s right to “self-defense”!
Stoltenberg told the German “Welt” magazine: Ukraine has the right to defend itself and according to international laws, This right is not limited behind the border.
He also claimed that NATO was unaware of Ukraine’s plan to attack Kursk and played no role in it. has not done According to the Secretary General of this US-led military coalition, although Ukraine has taken a risk by advancing into Russian territory, the way this country conducts its military operations is related to Kiev.
Stoltenberg added: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky made it clear that the purpose of this operation is to create a buffer zone. It was in order to prevent more Russian attacks from the border areas. This attack, like all military operations, has its own risks, but it is up to Ukraine to decide how to defend itself.
On the 6th of August, Kiev launched a massive attack on the Kursk region, while Moscow’s forces continued to They continue to advance in the strategic region of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine. Ukraine’s encroachment on Russian territory was also discussed at the “NATO-Ukraine Council” meeting held last Wednesday at the request of Kiev.
This council, which brings together the members of the Western military alliance and Ukraine, last year with the aim of closer coordination between Coalition and Kyiv were established. Russia has called Kiev’s operation in Kursk “a major provocation” and has asserted that it will retaliate. During the past week, Moscow carried out extensive airstrikes against various Ukrainian cities, including Kiev, and targeted the country’s energy infrastructure.
