UK’s top diplomat also pledges £3 billion of annual military help to Ukraine for ‘as long as it takes.’
Ukraine has the “right” to use British-supplied weapons to strike Russia inside its own territory, U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron said on a trip to Kyiv.
In an interview with Reuters, Cameron said it was up to Ukraine to decide how U.K. weapons are used.
Asked if that included targets inside Russia, he said: “Ukraine has that right. Just as Russia is striking inside Ukraine, you can quite understand why Ukraine feels the need to make sure it’s defending itself.”
As soon as the initial Russia attack failed, invalidating the treaty where Ukraine agreed to deproliferate as long as Russia doesn’t attack them, Ukraine should have acquired a handful of nuclear weapons.
That would’ve been nice, but I think reacquiring and maintaining them would’ve been very difficult.
Personally, I think Ukraine should have mined and set up other defenses around its border with Russia. I know it seems extreme, but considering the reality of what happened it only really makes sense from a practical perspective.
It’s a shame they didn’t, and now they’re paying for it.