NATO does not consider the use of Western weapons, including F-16s, against facilities on Russian territory an escalation, alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has said.
The NATO secretary-general has responded to a question about the possibility of the Ukrainian army using F-16 aircraft for strikes on Russian territory. According to him, the North Atlantic Alliance does not consider strikes on Russia as escalation.
“Self-defence includes hitting military targets on the territory of Russia, it is not an escalation”, – said Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting of NATO defence ministers.
We will remind, earlier Jens Stoltenberg said that for Kiev came the most difficult time since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine.