Kremlin calls Stoltenberg's comments on missile strikes on Russia 'dangerous'


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  • Wednesday, 18 Sep 2024

FILE PHOTO: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Norway's Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store (not pictured) attend a press conference in the Prime Minister's residence in Oslo, Norway September 6, 2024. NTB/Thomas Fure/via REUTERS /File Photo

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday described as "dangerous" comments by Jens Stoltenberg, the outgoing head of NATO, that a decision by the West to allow Ukraine to use Western long-range weapons to strike Russia would not be a red line that would prompt an escalation by Moscow.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has been pleading with allies for months to let Ukraine fire Western missiles including long-range U.S. ATACMS and British Storm Shadows into Russia to limit Moscow's ability to launch attacks.

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