““The Ukrainian side emphasized that this strike was aimed at intimidating allies,” the Mission of Ukraine to NATO said”, — write: www.radiosvoboda.org
“This extraordinary meeting of the Ukraine-NATO Council was devoted to Russia’s recent escalating steps and the use of medium-range ballistic missiles for the first time in history,” he said.
According to the diplomat, the result of the meeting was that NATO will continue to increase its support for Ukraine, and “Putin will not intimidate us.”
“We also discussed further military support, creative solutions in this regard – what can be done more, done faster,” added Matulonis.
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The Mission of Ukraine to NATO reported that the head of the Main Directorate of Intelligence Kyrylo Budanov and Acting Commander of the Air Force Anatoliy Kryvonozhko joined the meeting of the Council online. They presented the Allies with a briefing on the new type of weapons that Russia used.
“The Ukrainian side emphasized that this strike was aimed at intimidating allies and was an attempt to influence their determination to continue supporting Ukraine. In this way, Russia is trying to influence certain allies so that they reconsider the decision to grant permission for Ukraine to use long-range weapons for strikes on military facilities on the territory of the Russian Federation,” the diplomatic mission said.
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According to the mission, the NATO states “assured that no aggressive actions by Russia will affect their position on supporting Ukraine.” The participants of the meeting called the only proper response to this attack the acceleration and increase in the supply of necessary weapons and military aid to Ukraine.
The meeting between the ambassadors of Ukraine and the 32 member states of the Alliance was called by Kyiv after Russia struck the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on November 21 with what President Vladimir Putin said was a new missile called Oreshnik. Putin said the strike was in response to Kiev’s use of Western-supplied long-range missiles to attack targets deep in Russia after receiving long-awaited permission from the United States.