Ukraine Justified in Striking Targets Inside Russia – Finnish FM - The Moscow Times
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BRUSSELS — Finland views Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and military targets inside Russia as legally justified, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told The Moscow Times on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting.  Ukrainian drone strikes on Tuesday targeted an oil refinery and a drone assembly plant in the republic of Tatarstan, the farthest-reaching strikes inside Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine over two years ago. “The UN Charter allows a country, while it defends its independence, to attack targets which are military.

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Finland views Ukrainian strikes on oil refineries and military targets inside Russia as legally justified, Foreign Minister Elina Valtonen told The Moscow Times on the sidelines of a NATO foreign ministers meeting.

Ukrainian drone strikes on Tuesday targeted an oil refinery and a drone assembly plant in the republic of Tatarstan, the farthest-reaching strikes inside Russia since Moscow invaded Ukraine over two years ago.

“The UN Charter allows a country, while it defends its independence, to attack targets which are military. So I would just leave it like that,” Valtonen told The Moscow Times on Wednesday.

  •  FiniteBanjo   ( @FiniteBanjo@lemmy.today ) 
    6•7 months ago

    Why would this even be in question? They’ve been at war for 2 years, Kyiv and Mariupol are in shambles, it’s abundantly clear that the opposing side has every right to strike back at military installations in Russian territory if nothing else.