Ukraine attacks Russian nuclear warning systems amid NATO aid boom

Ukraine has taken a new step in the war against Russia more than two years after the start of the invasion. In recent days, the Ukrainian Army has carried out several drone attacks against nuclear warning systems Russians.

According to him New York Timesone of the Russian nuclear radar stations located on the border with Kazakhstan, more than 1,700 kilometers from Ukraine, was hit this past Monday. The American newspaper specifies that the Kremlin used this nuclear defense system to detect threats from Asia.

On Tuesday, the Russian governor of the region of Krasnodar reported that a Ukrainian drone was shot down while flying over the city of Armavir, where two radar stations are based. Ukraine did not provide any information on this matter.

The White House has conveyed its concern to the Government of Volodymyr Zelensky about the risk of war escalation entailed by attacks on Russian nuclear defense infrastructure, according to the New York Times.

Satellite images demonstrate the damage that Ukrainian attacks have caused to the Kremlin’s radar infrastructure.

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And these Ukrainian operations come at the height of aid from NATO countries. This week, the Ukrainian president made a european tour to sign bilateral security cooperation agreements with Spain, Belgium and Portugal. Sweden and Germany, for their part, have announced new aid packages. The pacts provide Ukraine with billions of euros in weapons and military equipment.

Ukraine has been asking the West for more aid for months and in the last month has emphasized having permission to use Western weapons in attacks against Russian territory.

Until now, the United States has resisted giving its approval to that request for fear of an escalation of war, but on Thursday gave his arm to twist. According to the newspaper Politicalthe President of the United States, Joe Biden, has already authorized the Ukrainian Army to use the weapons provided by Washington to defend the Kharkiv region, under Russian siege in the last month.

European countries like FranceNorway, Denmark and the Czech Republic have already given the green light to kyiv to use its weapons in attacks against Russian territory.

“Ukraine has the right to reply,” said the French Defense Minister, Sébastien Lecornu, this Friday in an interview on the France Info station.

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen reported this Thursday that he gave Ukraine permission to use the F-16 fighters that it will deliver this summer to attack Russian territory. He has justified the decision that “it is part of the right to self-defense.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, has been cautious with this decision. “We all hope that this is done in accordance with international law and in a responsible manner,” he asked.

Spain has not yet received Ukraine’s request for authorization to attack Russian territory with donated Spanish weapons and, therefore, the Government has not given the green light.

“That request has not occurred and, therefore, the material that we are delivering is material for Ukraine to can defend himself and defend their territory,” declared this Friday the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Spain, José Manuel Albares.

Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Belgium have gone further in their cooperation with Ukraine and have formed a coalition to donate and train Ukrainian pilots in the operation of fighter-bombers in the midst of a debate within NATO and the European Union about whether Allies must allow Ukraine to use its weapons to directly attack Russia on its territory.