Providing more air defense systems to Ukraine, such as the Patriot, and allowing the country to shoot down Russian planes before they attack would help prevent a tragedy like today's bombing at a hypermarket in Kharkiv.
This was stated by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba in X, quoted by "Ukrinform".
"Putin can spread all kinds of lies, but these are his actions. Barbaric war crimes against civilians. A large shopping center in Kharkiv. Saturday. A nasty blow to ensure maximum casualties. He cannot occupy Kharkov, so he tries to kill him. There are two ways for Ukraine's partners to prevent such strikes. First: more "Patriots" and other air defense systems for Ukraine. Second: Ukraine to shoot down Russian warplanes before they drop bombs on Kharkiv and other cities and communities," he wrote.
Kuleba also called on the world to provide Ukraine with additional air defense capabilities and to approve Ukrainian strikes on military targets on Russian soil.
"Act now", stressed the first diplomat.
Putin may spread any lies, but here are his actions. Barbaric war crimes against civilians.
Large shopping mall in Kharkiv. Saturday. Heinous strike to ensure maximum casualties. He can’t occupy Kharkiv, hence he tries to kill it.
There are two ways for Ukraine’s partners to… pic.twitter.com/USKjyXgobn
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) May 25, 2024
We remind you that as a result of the strike with two aerial homing bombs aimed at the hypermarket "Epucenter" in Kharkiv during Saturday's rush hour, at least two people were confirmed dead, bringing the death toll to 35.
On the same day, the Russians hit one of Kharkiv's municipal parks and a residential building in the center of the city.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, whose ten-year term at the helm is coming to an end, in an interview on May 24 called on allies supplying weapons to Ukraine to lift their ban on using them to strike military targets in Russia.
Stoltenberg's clear, if unnamed, target was the policy espoused by Joe Biden, America's president, to control what Ukraine could and could not attack with American-supplied systems.
Italy is not at war with anyone. If the decision to help Ukraine militarily is correct, at the same time there can be no question of lifting the ban on Kiev "hitting military targets in Russia." I repeat that "The League" is against sending even one soldier to fight in Ukraine. We want peace, not a road to World War III.
Thus the Vice Prime Minister of Italy and leader of the "League" Matteo Salvini commented on Stoltenberg's interview with The Economist on Saturday in Pisa.
"It now appears that the NATO Secretary General has stated that NATO countries, and therefore Italy, must lift the ban they have imposed so far on the use of the weapons we sent to Ukraine, even outside Ukrainian territory, to defend and shoot, therefore also in Russia and beyond their borders. "Absolutely not, we don't even comment on that," he snapped. - I don't want an Italian bomb to kill in countries with which we are not at war."